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| 20080214053 | Electrical Contact Arrangement Having a First and a Second Contact Piece - A first contact piece and a second contact piece interact to give a contact configuration. The second contact piece is singled-sided and can be reversibly deformed. In order to increase the contact pressure of the second contact piece onto the first contact piece, an additional pressure element is provided. The pressure element generates contact pressure acting upon the second contact piece via a deflecting device. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080227336 | Contacting appliance and contacting arrangement for mobile electrical devices - The contacting appliance for temporarily establishing an electrically conductive contact is described, in particular a charging device for electrical devices. The appliance includes an accommodating entity which can be moved between at least two end locations, so that an electrical contact which is associated with the accommodating entity executes movements relative to a placement position or an insertion position of the mobile electrical device as a result of movements of the accommodating entity between the end locations. When the device is inserted into the contacting appliance, movement of the contact of the device relative to the contact of the accommodating entity is avoided. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20080268711 | CONNECTOR AND CONNECTOR CONNECTING BODY - A socket includes a socket housing of an insulator to which plural socket contacts to be soldered to a conductive pattern of a circuit substrate, and a fitting metal for fixture to the circuit substrate are attached, in which the fitting metal includes plate-like side plates that are exposed along end surfaces of the socket housing, anchors that are formed by folding the side plates to bite into the housing, and an attachment piece that protrudes from a bottom plate to outside of the socket housing to be fixed to the circuit substrate. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20080293302 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - An electrical connector includes an insulating housing and a plurality of contacts received in the insulating housing. Each contact has a first terminal and a second terminal which has a base portion and a leading arm extending from said base portion. Said base portion and a leading arm define a receiving space for receiving said first terminal. The leading arm has at least one mating bender protruding into said receiving space. The mating bender has a smooth convexity on an inner surface of said receiving space for mating with the first terminal, which alleviates the abrasion between said first terminal and said second terminal and brings a stable connection between the first terminal and the second terminal. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20080305685 | Card connector - A card connector has: a connector housing | 12-11-2008 |
| 20090023343 | SIM CARD CONNECTOR - A SIM card connector includes an insulating body and a plurality of electric terminals. The insulating body has accepting holes and accepting cavities. The electric terminal has a welded slice, a contact and a fixing portion. The welded slice and the contact are accepted in the accepting hole, the contact projects from the accepting hole. A lump is formed in one side of the fixing portion, the fixing portion accepted in the accepting cavities. While the SIM card connector passes through a SMT apparatus, the insulated body is soften and the lump is against the side wall of the accepting cavities for preventing the holding portion out of the insulated body. Therefore, the SIM card connector is welded firmly in the PCB of a mobile. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090029594 | DEVICE CONNECTOR - A device connector to be connected with device-side terminals accommodated in a metal case (C) is provided with a first housing ( | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090042445 | JOINT CONNECTOR - A joint connector ( | 02-12-2009 |
| 20090068895 | Electrical connector with reduced noise - An electrical connector includes a carrier having opposite first and second sides. A plurality of contacts are held in the carrier. Each contact includes a first conductive element defining a first conductive path and a second conductive element defining a second conductive path separate from the first conductive path. The first and second conductive paths are configured to electrically connect an electrical component on one side of the carrier to an electrical component on the opposite side of the carrier. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090068896 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH SWITCH DEVICE - An electrical connector ( | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090081903 | Electrical connector - An electrical connector comprises an insulating housing of one piece and a plurality of contacts retained in the passageways. Said insulating housing comprises an engaging portion, a supporting portion and a plurality of passageways along a longitudinal direction of the insulating housing, said engaging portion and said supporting portion respectively define a mating surface and a supporting surface. Each contact comprises a base portion retained in the passageway, a male mating arm and a female mating arm respectively extend upwardly from said base portion. Said female mating arm has a spring leg extending apart from said male mating arm, said spring leg has a mating portion at a free tip end thereof curlily extending toward said male mating arm, said male mating arm projects upwards beyond the supporting surface of the supporting portion. The electrical connector mates with an identical connector, both of which can share with a same mold during the process of manufacturing to save the cost. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090093164 | HIGH-DEFINITION CONNECTOR FOR TELEVISIONS - A connector is disclosed that includes one or more pins allowing power to be provided to a connector board attached externally to the television set. In one embodiment, the connector has one or more USB pins to allow serial communication between the television set and the connector board. In another embodiment, the connector has one or more pins to allow communication of television setup information to the connector board. In yet another embodiment, the connector board may use the setup information provided from the television to perform audio processing and deliver enhanced audio sound to the speaker system associated with the television. The connector board may also wirelessly communicate with a personal computer, thereby coupling the personal computer to the television set. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090098774 | Electrical connector ensuring proper connection - An electrical connector comprises a dielectric housing and a plurality of conductive contacts. The dielectric housing defines a receiving slot comprising opposite upper inner wall and lower inner wall, a pair of opposite side inner walls respectively intersecting the upper inner wall and lower inner wall, and a pair of fulcrums respectively defined on the pair of side inner walls. The plurality of conductive contacts is disposed in the dielectric housing with a contacting portion extending into the receiving slot from the upper wall or lower wall and disposed along a common line. Wherein, the fulcrums are disposed at the nearest places to the common line on the side inner walls. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090117781 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR SYSTEM WITH ORTHOGONAL CONTACT TAILS - Disclosed are electrical connectors and methods of assembling an electrical connector having “standard” (i.e., with electrical contacts having in-line tails), jogged (i.e., with electrical contacts having jogged tails but not connected orthogonally to another connector through a substrate), and/or “orthogonal” (i.e., with electrical contacts having jogged tails that are used in an orthogonal application) leadframe assemblies in the same connector. This provides the flexibility of using some of the available contacts in an orthogonal application and, at the same time, having remaining contacts available for routing on the midplane PCB. Though this could be done using only orthogonal leadframe assemblies, the combination of standard leadframe assemblies with orthogonal leadframe assemblies creates additional spacing between the PCB vias, so that signal traces can be more easily routed on the midplane PCB. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090130906 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH IMPROVED WIRE TERMINATION ARRANGEMENT - An electrical connector ( | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090137155 | Connection arrangement for image and antenna signals of an automotive display - A connection arrangement for image and antenna signals of an automotive display includes a male connector disposed within a positioning base of the seat back and a female connector embedded into the rear side of the display. The male connector is positioned at the bottom of the slot of the positioning base and consists of a plurality of male terminals horizontally arranged and electrically coupled to an automotive audio/video player. An antenna plug is respectively fitted at both sides of the male terminals. The female connector includes an upper row of insertion holes, a lower row of insertion holes, and antenna jacks for a practical connection to the male connector in an obverse direction and a reverse direction. The front and rear sides of the face end of a control circuit board includes first signal contacts and second signal contacts opposing to the rear end of the female terminals of the insertion holes of the upper and lower rows. The signal contacts are adapted to be a detection module to detect if the female connector is in an obverse direction and a reverse direction, thereby determining if the display is in an obverse direction and a reverse direction. Thus, an automatic turning process can be carried out for the adjustment of the image output. In this way, the image and antenna connection modules are integrated into a body. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090142961 | Speaker connector - A speaker connector for connecting a speaker and a printed circuit board of an electronic device includes an insulating housing and a terminal. The insulating housing defines a holding groove extending therethrough. The terminal has a retaining portion retained in the holding groove of the insulating housing. A first resilient portion is connected to an upper end of the retaining portion and extends out of the holding groove. A first contact portion extends sideward from the first resilient portion for connecting the speaker. A second resilient portion with a zigzag configuration is connected to a lower end of the retaining portion and contained in the holding groove. A second contact portion is connected to a lower end of the second resilient portion and extends out of the holding groove for elastically touching the printed circuit board. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090142962 | Electrical connector with improved contact arrangement - An electrical connector ( | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090233487 | Cable assembly with conductive wires neatly arranged therein - A cable assembly ( | 09-17-2009 |
| 20090280690 | Integrated Circuit Socket - An integrated circuit socket includes an insulating housing having a plurality of contact openings arranged in rows and a recess that receives an integrated circuit package. A plurality of contacts arranged in a first contact group and a second contact group in the insulating housing. Each of the contacts has a flat plate fixing member fixed in the contact opening, a connecting member extending from a lower portion of the fixing member, and a spring member extending diagonally upward from an upper portion of the fixing member. The spring member has a contact member extending into the recess. The contacts are arranged in the contact openings such that the spring members are arranged at an angle offset from a direction of arrangement of the rows and the spring arms of the first contact group are arranged in a direction opposing the spring arms of the second contact group. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20100003855 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - An electrical connector is revealed. The electrical connector includes an insulating body with at least one terminal receiving hole and an accommodation space disposed on one side of the terminal receiving hole, at least one conductive terminal set that is received in the terminal receiving hole and having a first conductive terminal and a second conducive terminal, and at least one elastic member. The first conductive terminal is connected with the second conductive terminal slidingly and slantingly and the sliding stroke of the first conductive terminal is between the terminal receiving hole and the accommodation space. Each elastic member is correspondingly mounted in one of the accommodation spaces for elastically supporting the first conductive terminal. That means each elastic member gives the first conductive terminal a horizontal lateral force so that the first conductive terminal always applies a normal pressure to the second conductive terminal. Thus the good contact between the two conductive terminals is ensured. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20100009572 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR HAVING A SHELL - An electrical connector includes an insulative housing ( | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100029135 | Antistatic card connector - An antistatic card connector includes a base frame, a cover shell, a plurality of terminals, and a grounding member. The base frame is made of insulative material. The cover shell is made of electrically conductive material and covered on the base frame. An opening is formed at a front end of the combination of the base frame and the cover shell. At least one card chamber is formed inside the combination of the base frame and the cover shell for receiving an electronic card. The terminals are mounted to the base frame and located inside the card chamber. The grounding member is made of electrically conductive material and located below the opening, extending transversally along a front edge of the base frame. Accordingly, the antistatic card connector can fully avoid the static. | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100035472 | ELECTRICAL CONTACT FOR SOCKET CONNECTOR - An electrical connector ( | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100048062 | IS-4 LEAD TO PSA INTERFACE CABLE - A universal cable connector for detachably connecting a stimulation lead to a system analyzer includes a nonconductive connector block for releasably receiving and holding fixed a proximate contact electrically in continuity with a distal electrode, a cable for selectively electrically interconnecting the proximate contact and the system analyzer, and a switch mechanism for selectively connecting electrically the system analyzer cable with the proximate contact thereby enabling the system analyzer to determine the efficacy of the chosen body tissue site. The connector block includes a nest region for receiving the proximal end of the lead and the switch mechanism includes a switch contact electrically engaged with the cable and movable between a first position disengaged from an associated and selected exposed proximate contact and a second position engaged with the proximate contact for electrically connecting the distal electrode to the system analyzer. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100055983 | DAISY CHAIN CABLE ASSEMBLY - A cable assembly ( | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100055984 | CONNECTOR DEVICE - A connector device includes a first connector and a second connector to be connected the first connector. The first connector includes a first housing, a plurality of first signal terminals arranged in the first housing, and a first shell for covering an outer portion of the first housing. The second connector includes a second housing, a plurality of second signal terminals arranged in the second housing, a second shell for covering an outer portion of the second housing, and a first ground terminal disposed between the second signal terminals for separating the second signal terminals. When the first connector is connected the second connector, the first signal terminals contact with the second terminals. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100055985 | ELECTRICAL CARD CONNECTOR HAVING SPRING ARMS AND PROTRUSIONS TO INCREASE RETAINING FORCE FOR CARDS - An electrical card connector comprising: an insulating housing defining a plurality of channels; a terminal module with a plurality of contacts received therein; and a clip having a pair of first elastic pieces and a second elastic piece received in the corresponding channels; a metal shield shielding over the insulating housing for defining a card receiving space, at least a spring arm defined on a top face of the metal shield shielding protruding into the receiving space; a card receiving mechanism having a receiving frame, at least a block portion corresponding to the spring arm defined on a longitudinal side of the receiving frame which pressing against said spring arm when the card receiving mechanism inserted into the card receiving space for increasing the retaining force therebetween. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100068936 | CONNECTOR ASSEMBLIES INCORPORATING CERAMIC INSERTS HAVING CONDUCTIVE PATHWAYS AND INTERFACES - Ceramic inserts and hermetically sealed or sealable connectors incorporating a ceramic insert providing conductive pathways between opposing faces and/or side-walls and fabricated using multi-layer ceramic fabrication techniques are described. Conductive pads provided as metalized surfaces on the ceramic insert facilitate conductive communication between the conductive pathways transiting the ceramic inserts and conductive structures contacting the conductive pads, such as sockets, pins, wires, and the like. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100075537 | CONNECTOR FOR TERMINATING A RIBBON CABLE - A connector is provided for terminating a ribbon cable having a plurality of electrical leads. Each electrical lead includes a mating portion. The connector includes a housing having a wall and a cavity. The housing is configured to hold the mating portion of each electrical lead within the cavity. The housing includes a hole extending through the wall of the housing and communicating with the cavity. The hole exposes the mating portion of at least one electrical lead through the wall. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100081328 | LGA socket with having improved standoff - An LGA socket includes an insulative housing, a number of conductive terminals received retained in the housing, a stiffener surrounding the insulative housing, a load plate and a load lever pivotally assembled to the stiffener, and a locking mechanism. The locking mechanism includes a screw attached to the stiffener in a horizontal direction and a washer attached to the support plate in a vertical direction. The locking mechanism is attached to the stiffener before the LGA socket mounting to a printed circuit board. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100081329 | ELECTRICAL CONTACT HAVING IMPROVED SOLDERING SECTION OF HIGH COMPLIANCE - An electrical contact ( | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100081330 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH IMPROVED CONTACTS - An electrical connector mating with a counterpart connector includes: an insulating housing having sidewalls and endwalls to define a receiving room and a number of contacts retained in the insulating housing. The contact has a first mating portion retained on an outer surface of the sidewall and a second mating portion retained on an inner surface of the sidewall to face the receiving room. The first mating portion and the second mating portion define a U-shaped structure riding on the sidewall. A gap is defined between said first mating portion and the sidewall so that the first mating portion can flexible move in the gap to absorb a dimensional tolerance during the mating process and get a stable connection with the counterpart connector. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100093220 | POWER SUPPLY TERMINAL STRUCTURE - A contact terminal which prevents a load from being concentrated on the contact terminal portion thereof when a part is disposed on a substrate, to prevent contact terminals from being short-circuited even if stacked, thereby reducing the overall space requirement. A projection is formed on a terminal base and the movable range of a contact is limited by the projection, whereby the load that is conventionally concentrated on a terminal support part can be distributed by a support part and the projection. Consequently, the durability of the terminal portion can be enhanced, the space for the contact terminal portion is saved, and a short circuit is prevented from occurring due to the contacting between the contact terminals. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100112867 | Electrical Connector And Manufacturing Method Thereof - A method for manufacturing an electrical contact module is provided. First, a lead-frame of electrical conductors is formed, wherein at least one supporting strip is formed in the lead-frame of electrical conductors in such a way as to maintain the electrical conductors in a predetermined position with respect to each other. Then, the lead-frame of electrical conductors is over-molded with a first dielectric material, thereby obtaining a first over-molded lead-frame. At least one aperture is formed in the first over-molded lead-frame so that the at least one supporting strip is accessible. The at least one supporting strip in the first over-molded lead-frame is removed after completion of the over-molding step. A second dielectric material is then over-molded with the first over-molded lead-frame in such manner as to fill the at least one aperture and a space left between the electrical conductors after removal of the at least one supporting strip. | 05-06-2010 |
| 20100120290 | CABLE CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY WITH STICKY FILM - A cable connector assembly ( | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100151736 | CONNECTOR WITH TWO-PIECE HOUSING - A connector includes a housing that is formed of a first and second section (the two sections which may be interlocking pieces) and has a hollow interior that is filled with a set of terminals. The housing pieces have a complementary engagement rail and channel that allows the two sections to be joined together in a structurally acceptable manner. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100167590 | Contact Assembly, Method for Manufacturing Contact Assembly, and Electrical Connector - An electrical connector and a method of manufacturing an electrical connector include a contact assembly including an inner housing and a plurality of contacts. The inner housing has a plurality of contact press-fitting openings. Each of the contacts has an elastic contact member for electrically connecting to a card inserted into the electrical connector and a press-fitting member. The press-fitting member is inserted into the contact press-fitting openings in a direction perpendicular to a direction of pressing of the elastic contact members by the card. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100167591 | CONNECTOR - A connector includes a housing, a plurality of contacts, and a restricting member. The contacts are made of a conductive material. Each of the contacts includes a contacting part and a deformed part. The contacting part protrudes from the housing, is adapted to electrically come in contact with another connector, and is displaced in a first direction when contacts the another connecter. The deformed part is accommodated in the housing and is elastically deformed when the contacting part electrically comes in contact with the another connector. The restricting member is provided in the housing, is contacted to the deformed part, and restricts a displacement of the deformed part in a direction opposite to the first direction. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100184333 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - An electrical connector comprises a circuit board and a first housing, wherein the circuit board has a butt portion and a lap portion, the butt portion is formed thereon with a plurality of first contacts, the lap portion is formed thereon with a plurality of second contacts, the first contacts and the second contacts are connected with each other, the second spacing between the adjacent second contacts is larger than the first spacing between the adjacent first contacts, and the first contacts are arranged to couple to a butt connector. The first housing is assembled on the circuit board and positioned above the lap portion | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100184334 | CONTACT HAVING INCREASED RESILIENCE FOR USE WITH ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - A contact adapted for electrically connecting with an IC package and a printed circuit board, comprises a base portion adapted for being retained to an insulating housing, a solder portion extending from a lower end of the base portion and a turned portion bent downwardly from one end of the base portion. The solder portion is adapted for soldering the contact to the printed circuit board. The contact further includes a resilient arm extending upwardly from a bottom end of the turned portion. The resilient arm has an inclined portion and a cantilever beam. The inclined portion is connecting with the turned portion. The cantilever extends upwardly from a top end of the inclined portion and toward the turned portion to lengthen the resilient arm of the contact. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100197169 | CONNECTOR WITH SHORT LENGTH COMPLIANT PIN - An electrical connector having a plurality of connector units each having a pair of columns of edge coupled differential signal pairs separated by a ground shield terminal. The ground shield terminals each face a different signal pair of terminals in an adjacent column. Notwithstanding the different size and configurations of the ground and signal terminals, the terminals have mounting tail portions that are disposed in a uniform array different from the arrangement of the body portions of the terminals of the connector unit. The mounting tail portions are of a reduced length which benefit the electrical performance of the connector where it meets its supporting circuit board. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100197170 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WITH SHORT LENGTH COMPLIANT PIN - An electrical connector having a plurality of connector units each having a pair of columns of edge coupled differential signal pairs separated by a ground shield terminal. The ground shield terminals each face a different signal pair of terminals in an adjacent column. Notwithstanding the different size and configurations of the ground and signal terminals, the terminals have mounting tail portions that are disposed in a uniform array different from the arrangement of the body portions of the terminals of the connector unit. The mounting tail portions are of a reduced length which benefit the electrical performance of the connector where it meets its supporting circuit board. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100203765 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH STAGGERED SINGLE ENDED CONTACTS - The invention relates to an electrical connector that includes an insulating connector housing containing a plurality of slots arranged in a matrix of rows and columns. A plurality of single ended contacts is received in the slots. In particular, the single ended contacts are arranged in pairs in said slots of said matrix, such that, in a first row, a first pair of said contacts accommodates slots in a first column and a second column of said matrix and, in a second row adjacent to said first row, a second pair of said contacts accommodates slots in said second column and a third column of said matrix, wherein positions corresponding respectively to the first row and the third column, and to the first column and the second row are free of contact. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100210144 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - An electric connector capable of fixing a small connection terminal by a large locking force. Two housings having a plurality of connection terminals are placed vertically symmetrically with their open surfaces facing each other, and a holder having a lock is interposed between the open surfaces of the housings. An assembly of the housings and the holder is accommodated in an outer cover, and a bottom cover is fixed to the bottom of the outer cover. The connection terminals are rigidly prevented from moving backward and vertically by the housings and the holder, and from moving forward by a front wall of the outer cover. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100216344 | ELECTRICL CONNECTOR HAVING CONTACTS WITH SOLDER PORTION POINTING OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS - An electrical connector includes an insulative housing with a plurality of passageways arranged in a matrix. A contact includes a base for securing the contact in the passageway, a spring portion and a soldering portion extending from the base. The soldering portions of the contacts laid in a row of the passageways are alternately arranged toward two opposite sides of the base to form two rows. Such array of soldering portions of the contact can improve contact density. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100221953 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR HAVING CONTACT TERMINALS CONFIGURED BY INTEGRATING INDIVIDUALLY CONSTRUCTED TERMINAL UNIT - An electrical connector includes a shroud and a number of contact modules side-by-side assembled to the shroud. Each contact module includes an insulator and paired first and second contacts embedded in the insulator. The first and the second contacts respectively include first and second contact arms extending along a first direction. The first and the second contact arms respectively include first and second contacting sections under a condition that the first and the second contacting sections overlap along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The first and the second contacts are separate while come to mechanically touch each other when the first and the second contacts are embedded in the insulator. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100227507 | SOCKET CONNECTOR HAVING CONTACTS BY INDIVIDUAL UPPER CONTACTS ENGAGING PORTIONS INTERLINKED WITH INDIVIDUAL SOLDER TAILS WITH DIFFERENT PITCHES - An electrical connector comprises an insulative housing and a plurality of contacts. Each contact comprises an upper contact and a lower contact. The upper contact has a retention portion and a contact portion. The lower contact has a soldering portion and a planar board extending upwardly from the soldering portion. The lower contacts fixed to different parts of upper contacts, respectively, so as to have a larger neighbor distance than that of the upper contacts. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100233910 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR HAVING CONTACT ARRANGEMENT ENSURING RELIABLE HIGH SPEED TRANSMISSIONN - An electrical connector ( | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100248548 | Electrical Connector and Method of Manufacture - An apparatus and method are disclosed for manufacturing an electrical connector. A mold is presented having a pair of opposing dies that each define a mold pocket. The mold pockets of each die can be joined to form a mold cavity. Plastic can be injection molded into the mold cavity to form an electrical connector housing. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100248549 | CONNECTOR - A connector comprising an insulative housing that has a top, a bottom, a first side, a second side wherein all four sides are connected to form a mating face and a board-mounting end; a plurality of terminals supported in the housing and terminating at the board-mounting end wherein each terminal further comprises a contact portion configured to establish electrical contact with a complementary mating connector, a solder tail that extends out of the housing at the board-mounting end, a body portion that is disposed intermediate the contact portion and the solder tail and which interconnect them together; and at least one solder bracket coupled to the housing wherein a major portion of the solder bracket lies within the profile of the housing. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20100261387 | Electrical connector - An electrical connector comprises a dielectric spacing element having elongate through holes and a forward end surface; a plurality of parallel, elongate conductive contacts arranged in respective through holes of the spacing element, the conductive contacts providing electrical connections; an outer body arranged about the spacing element and the conductive contacts, the outer body having a longitudinal position fixed relative to the dielectric spacing element and having a forward end for engagement with a mating connector; and a collar slidably mounted about the outer body. The collar has an engagement position in which a forward surface of the collar is positioned in front of the forward end of the outer body for mechanically coupling the connector with the mating connector and a retracted position in which the forward surface of the collar is positioned behind the forward end surface of the spacing element for cleaning access to the conductive contacts. The connector further comprises means, such as a resilient member, for maintaining the collar in the retracted position. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100279551 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - An electrical connector includes a base having a plurality of through holes, and a plurality of conducting pins respectively located in the through holes. There is a convex block located at the side wall of the base for each of the through holes. Each of the conducting pins has an arm portion. The arm portion and the convex block are located at the same side. The arm portion has a through opening, and one end of the arm portion is bent and extended to form a contacting portion. The contacting portion has an opening that links with the through opening to form a channel that makes the convex block pass through the channel without interference. Because of the lack of interference, the conducting pin will not be damaged due to contact with the convex block when the conducting pin is installed into the through hole. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100291801 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH IMPROVED CONTACTS - An electrical connector includes an insulative housing ( | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100297884 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH IMPROVED CONTACT ARRANGEMENT - An electrical connector includes an insulative housing extending in a front-to-back direction and including a rear base portion and a front tongue portion, and first and second sets of contacts held in the insulative housing. The first set of contacts includes at least one pair of differential contacts for transmitting high-speed signals. Each first contact includes a nonelastic first mating portion occupying a front section of the tongue portion. Each of the second set of contacts includes an elastic second mating portion located behind the nonelastic first mating portion along the front-to-back direction. The first and second sets of contacts are assembled to the insulative housing along opposite directions. The first and second body portions are provided with interference sections thereon to interferentially engage with the insulative housing. The first mating portion of each first contact is provided with interference sections to engage with the tongue portion of the insulative housing. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100297885 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR HAVING PASSAGEWAYS PROTECTED FROM CONTAMINATION - An electrical connector ( | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100304612 | CONTACT TERMINAL AND CONNECTOR - A contact terminal for coming into electric contact with a mating terminal of a mating component, the contact terminal includes a rotating member including protrusions on the surface, the rotating member rotates with an advance of the mating terminal, and a spring member that rotatably supports the rotating member and asserts the rotating member against the advancing mating terminal. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100317232 | LOW PROFILE SOCKET CONNECTOR AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME - An electrical connector includes a base plate, a plurality of contacts, and a plurality of solder portions. The base plate has a plurality of through holes extending from a top surface and a bottom surface therebetween. The contacts is assembled in through holes, and each contact comprises a spring portion disposed upon the top surface, a soldering portion passing through the through hole and with a tail extending beyond the bottom surface, and a stopping portion connecting the spring portion and the soldering portion and abutting against the top surface. The solder portions are attached to the tails of the soldering portions for fixing the contacts to the base plate. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100317233 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTION SYSTEM - Provided is a connection structure between electronic modules, each having a plurality of terminals and a plurality of electrodes, and more particularly, an electrical connection system between electrical modules in which terminals and electrodes included in electronic modules are easily connected in an electrical manner. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20110014816 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR HAVING FLOATABLY ARRANGED CONTACT - An electrical connector includes a number of contacts and an insulative housing. Each contact includes a main body, a spring portion extending upwardly from the main body, and a tail portion defining a receiving space in a vertical plane. The insulative housing has a plurality of passageways retaining the contacts. An inner sidewall of each passageway has a protrusion extending into the receiving space to limit a movement of the contact, such that the contact can float upwardly and downwardly in the vertical direction without being drawn out of the passageway. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110021077 | CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY HAVING MULTIPLE CONTACT ARRANGEMENTS - A connector assembly includes a housing and substantially identical contacts. The housing is configured to mate with a mating connector. The contacts are arranged in a plurality of sets in the housing. The contacts are configured to electrically couple with the mating connector. Each set of contacts is arranged to communicate a different type of data signal with the mating connector. Optionally, the contacts are formed as substantially identical pins. The different sets of contacts may concurrently communicate the different types of data signals. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110028040 | Electrical connector with improved housing background of the invention - A board to board electrical connector assembly comprises a male connector and a female connector, the male connector has a base defining a receiving cavity therein and a plurality of first terminal grooves located outside the receiving cavity for receiving the first terminals therein. The female connector forms a tongue corresponding with the receiving cavity of the male connector and defines a plurality of second terminal grooves located outside the tongue for receiving the second terminals therein. When the male connector is mating with the female connector, the tongue cooperates with the receiving cavity and the first terminal inter-engages with the second terminal for realizing signal transmitting, which is helpful for reducing the height of the connector assembly and boarding the application field. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110028041 | CONNECTOR ASSEMBLIES - A headset connector assembly that includes a connector plate, a casing, and electrical contact members is provided. The connector plate can have a first mating surface, a second mating surface, and at least two apertures existing between the first and the second mating surfaces. The casing can have a first side in contact with the first mating surface and a second side. The casing can include a protruding cavity member for each of the at least two apertures. Each protruding cavity member can extend from the first side and be constructed to fit within one of the at least two apertures. Each protruding cavity member can house an electrical contact member. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110039452 | CONTACT STRIP HAVING PRE-BREAK RECESS WITH GRADIENT WIDTH AND DEEP - A contact strip comprises a plurality of contacts, and a connecting carrier having a plurality of connecting portions connecting with the contacts. The contact has a main body, a linking portion extending upwardly from the main body and a mounting portion downwardly bent from the main body. A pair of pre-break recesses are symmetrically defined on a front and a rear surfaces of the connecting portion, the recess laterally extends through the whole connecting portion and substantially has a gradual deeper depth. Operator can quickly and conveniently tear the recesses from the deep side of the recess to the shallow side of the recess to remove the connecting carrier from the contacts. | 02-17-2011 |
| 20110053422 | CONTACT TERMINAL UNIT AND SOCKET CONNECTOR INCORPORATED WITH THE SAME CONTACT TERMINAL UNITS - The present invention relates to a contact terminal unit and a socket connector incorporated with the same contact terminal units. A contact terminal unit comprises a plurality of conductive strings twisted into a single strand, and an insulative material encapsulating the strand. The socket connector is incorporated with a plurality of the same contact terminal units. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110081808 | CONTACT AND CONNECTION UNIT PROVIDED WITH THE CONTACT - A contact which makes it possible to make a connection unit compact in size. A pair of supporting portions opposed to each other in a predetermined direction are provided on opposite side edges of a plate-shaped base portion with which an associated one of electrodes of a photovoltaic unit is brought into contact, such that the supporting portions rise from the opposite side edges, respectively. The pair of supporting portions are each formed with a slit for supporting a terminal portion of a diode. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110097936 | HIGH DENSITY SURFACE MOUNT CONNECTOR - A surface mount connector includes first terminals and second terminals to be mated to counterpart terminals of a mating counterpart connector. The first terminals and the second terminals are mounted in a housing in an alternating array. Each of the first terminals includes a contact portion to be connected to a first counterpart terminal, a fixing portion connected to an outer side of the contact portion and fixed to the housing, and a surface-mounting soldering portion connected to an outer side of the fixing portion. Each of the second terminals includes a contact portion to be connected to a second counterpart terminal, a fixing portion connected to an outer side of the connecting portion and fixed to the housing, and a surface-mounting soldering portion connected to a mounting-surface side end of the fixing portion. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110111632 | CONNECTOR - A connector which makes it possible to facilitate the operation of mounting the connector, and reduce the mounting costs. An upper insulating film is affixed to upper surfaces of first and second contacts, and upper surfaces of carriers. Then, the first and second contacts, are disconnected from the carriers. Finally, a lower insulating film is affixed to lower surfaces of the first and second contacts, and lower surfaces of the carriers. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110111633 | CONNECTOR AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A connector having a plurality of terminals that are integrally incorporated in a connector housing, in a given arrangement, with a high degree of accuracy. The connector includes a prealigner having a plurality of terminal holding; recesses, a plurality of terminals fitted into and held in the terminal holding recesses in a given alignment, and a housing main body molded so that the prealigner is interposed in the housing main body as an insert element. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110117784 | DEVICE CONNECTOR - A device connector is provided with a metal reinforcing plate ( | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110124229 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - An electrical connector includes an insulating body having an accommodating base and at least one tongue plate extending forwardly from the accommodating base. The tongue plate has at least one accommodating space in communication with the accommodating base. Each accommodating space being provided with at least one stopper. At least one first conductive terminal and at least one second conductive terminal are received in the accommodating base. The second conductive terminal has a second connecting portion and a second contacting portion extending towards the accommodating space. The first conductive terminal is partially located below the second connecting portion, and has at least a portion extended under the stopper. The second connecting portion is located at a level higher than that of the stopper. This arrangement can prevent the first conductive terminal from contacting with the second conductive terminal, and a normal connection of the electrical connector is guaranteed. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110130040 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - An electrical connector includes an insulating housing, a plurality of electric terminals disposed in the insulating housing and an insulating cover assembly. An upper side and a lower side of the rear end of the insulating housing define a first locating cavity and a second locating cavity, respectively. The insulating cover assembly includes an upper cover and a lower cover mated with each other. The upper cover has a first locating portion protruded downward from a portion thereof. The lower cover has a second locating portion protruded upward from a portion thereof. When the insulating cover assembly is rightly assembled with the insulating housing, the locating portions are received in the corresponding locating cavities. When the insulating cover assembly is falsely assembled with the insulating housing, the locating portions are interfered with the insulating housing to prevent the false assembly of the insulating cover assembly and the insulating housing. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110136386 | BATTERY CONNECTOR - A connector has an insulating housing defining a plurality of terminal receiving cavities each extending vertically to pass therethrough, a plurality of conductive terminals received in the terminal receiving cavities and a shell mounted to the insulating housing. A rear surface of the insulating housing is protruded outward to from a projection defining an inserting groove passing therethrough. The shell has a base board, a holding board facing the base board and a pair of sideboards connecting the base board and the holding board. Top edges of the base board and the holding board are extended towards each other to form eave portions. An inserting portion is extended from a portion of the base board. The shell encircles the insulating housing with the eave portions covering tops of two opposed sides of the insulating housing and the inserting portion being inserted into the inserting groove and further connected to ground. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110143596 | SMART CARD CONNECTOR - A smart card connector may include a connector housing connected to a cover. The connector housing and the cover may define a channel for receiving the smart card. The connector may receive the smart card in an insertion direction. When the smart card is inserted into the smart card connector, contacts secured within the connector housing may establish an electrically conductive connection with contact pads on the surface of the smart card. The connector housing may be narrower than the cover in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction. The connector housing may define a first centerline that extends along the insertion direction, and the cover may define a second centerline that extends along the insertion direction. The first centerline may be offset from the second centerline. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110151720 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR HAVING CONTACT TERMINAL WITH CUTOUT RECEIVING DEPRRESSED CONTACT ARM - An electrical connector ( | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110159737 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR CAPABLE OF INTERCONNECTING ELECTRONIC DEVICES HAVING DIFFERENT CONDUCTIVE LEADS ARRANGEMENTS - An electrical connector includes an upper housing formed with a plurality of upper through holes therein, and a lower housing located under the upper housing and formed with a plurality of lower through holes therein corresponding to the upper through holes, respectively. A plurality of contacts are received within the upper housing and the lower housing, and respectively has an upper contacting portion and a lower contacting portion. At least some of the contacts extend with angles of inclination varying in sequence so that a distance defined by two neighboring lower contacting portions is larger than that defined by corresponding two neighboring upper contacting portions. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110159738 | CONNECTOR - A reinforcing plate fixed to a connector main body is arranged on a bottom surface of the connector main body to come into surface contact with a surface of a substrate while a plurality of holes is provided on a surface, which contacts the substrate, of the reinforcing plate. When the reinforcing plate is soldered to the substrate, therefore, a solder wraps around not only a peripheral edge of the reinforcing plate but also an edge of each of the holes so that a soldering portion between the reinforcing plate and the substrate can be sufficiently ensured. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110212649 | HIGH DENSITY ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH VARIABLE INSERTION AND RETENTION FORCE - An interconnection system that includes a daughter card and backplane electrical connectors mounted to printed circuit boards at connector footprints. The spring rate of beam-shaped contacts in the daughter card connector increases while mating with the backplane connector so that the retention force may be greater than the insertion force. Such a change in spring rate may be achieved by positioning the beam-shaped contacts adjacent a surface of a connector housing. That surface may include a projection that aligns with the beam-shaped contact. When the connectors are unmated, the beam-shaped contact may be spaced from the projection. As the connectors begin to mate, a central portion of the beam-shaped contact may be pressed against the projection, which has the effect of shortening the beam length and increasing its stiffness. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110223808 | FEMALE TERMINAL AND CHARGING CONNECTOR - A female terminal ( | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110223809 | HORIZONTALLY CONFIGURED CONNECTOR - A connector of horizontal construction includes at least a pair of first and second halves that are mated together along a common mating line. A plurality of mating blades are supported in a vertical arrangement within a mating portion of the connector. The connector includes two distinct fastenings means for holding the housing halves together. A first fastening means is provided as a horizontal attachment member that extends widthwise in the mating portion in a space between the circuit cards. A second fastening means is provided as an exterior retainer that engages at least part of the outer circumference, or perimeter of the connector. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110223810 | CONNECTOR WITH IMPROVED MANUFACTURABILITY - An I/O connector has a housing that contains a plurality of individual terminal wafers containing terminal dedicated to either ground signals or differential signals. The terminals are arranged in widthwise order to define broadside coupled differential signal terminal pairs. The ground terminals are wider than the signal terminals to provide shielding to the differential signal pairs. The body portions of the ground terminals include pairs of opposed notches that provide for increased retention of the ground terminals in the wafer and provide increased flow for molding material during the formation of the wafers. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110230099 | ELECTRIC PART CONNECTION MECHANISM IN OPERATING MACHINE - Provided is a connection mechanism which connects a switch portion | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110230100 | SOCKET CONNECTOR WITH CONTACT TERMINALS ARRANGED RADIALLY CREATING DIFFERENT PITCHES IN DIFFERENT AREA - An electrical connector includes an insulative housing defining a plurality of passageways and a plurality of contacts disposed in the passageways by two arrangement manners. Each contact includes a mating portion located at an upper end and a soldering portion located at a bottom end. Wherein a first arrangement manner is that neighboring mating portions defined a distance in a same row is smaller than a distance defined by corresponding neighboring soldering portions, and neighboring mating portions defined a distance in a same column is equal to a distance defined by corresponding neighboring soldering portions. A second arrangement manner is that neighboring mating portions defined a distance in both a same row and a same column is smaller than a distance defined by corresponding neighboring soldering portions. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110244726 | CONNECTOR - An opening (K) is formed in one side surface of a housing ( | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110244727 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR AND ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY - An electrical connector assembly includes a first connector consisting of a terminal holding member having a plurality of terminals, each of the terminals having a distributing section; a second connector; and an adapter module. The adapter module includes an assembler member for coupling the first and second connectors together, and a terminal distributing member for coupling to the terminal holding member, and formed with a first row of retention holes and a second row of retention holes spaced apart respectively from the first retention holes in parallel manner. Once the terminal holding member is coupled to the terminal distributing member, the terminals extend respectively through the first and second holes in the terminal distributing member, thereby forming and exposing two parallel rows of the distributing sections of the terminals from a flat end of the terminal distributing member. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110250793 | Electrical Connector - An electrical connector with contact locking bodies separate from a housing which are secured from accidentally falling off the housing and prevent foreign matters from entering the connector through a gap between the contact locking bodies or through gaps between the contact locking bodies and the housing. The electrical connector includes a lower housing having a recess that opens in an upper surface, a contact that passes through the recess of the lower housing in the front-rear direction and is received therein, a lance block that is received in the recess of the lower housing from above the upper surface and prevents the contact from falling off, and an upper housing that is positioned on the upper surface side of the lower housing to cover the lance block. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110256771 | Electrical connector and terminal thereof - An electrical connector and a terminal are disclosed. The terminal, comprising: a base having an upper end and a lower end; a flexible arm extending upward from the upper end of the base; a retaining portion extending upward from the upper end of the base, wherein a first predetermined distance is between the flexible arm and the retaining portion; a pair of holding legs, each one comprising: a transition arm extending downward from the lower end of the base and a welding portion extending downward from the transition arm; wherein a second predetermined distance is between two transition arms, two welding portions are co-planner and inclined to the base. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110256772 | CONTACT FIELD FOR PLUG-IN CONNECTORS - The invention relates to a contact field for a plug-in connection for a twisted-pair cabling. The contact field is equipped with several metallic contacts for a connection with a twisted-pair socket, with each metallic contact having a feed line section for a connection with a circuit board. The metallic contacts are formed from contact plates, with at least two of the feed line sections being arranged offset relative to other feed line sections. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110256773 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - An electrical connector includes an insulative housing and contacts received therein. The insulative housing defines a retaining section and a mating tongue projecting beyond the retaining section perpendicularly. A plurality of terminal grooves are defined on the mating tongue and extending along a front-to-rear direction. A plurality of positioning slots are defined on the retaining section and extending along a vertical direction perpendicular to the front-to-rear direction and in communication with the terminal grooves respectively. Each contact comprises a contact portion secured in the terminal groove on the mating tongue and a solder tail secured in the positioning slot on the retaining section. The contacts are divided into signal contacts and grounding contacts, solder tails of said signal contacts and grounding contacts are separately located at different rows alone in the front-to-rear direction. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110256774 | SEPARATE TEST ELECTRONICS AND BLOWER MODULES IN AN APPARATUS FOR TESTING AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT - The invention relates to an apparatus for testing an integrated circuit of an electronic device. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20110263158 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - An insulating housing of an electrical connector is separated into two parts of a mold-in portion ( | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110269343 | DISPLAY PORT CONNECTOR - The present invention provides a display port connector, comprises: a housing; a base member; a first terminal set having plural first terminals, and each first terminal has a contact portion, a bended portion and a pin, wherein an arc-shaped bending part is formed between the bended portion and the contact portion and another arc-shaped bending part is formed between the bended portion and the pin; and a second terminal set having plural second terminals, each second terminal has a contact portion, a bended portion and a pin, the contact portion is received in the second terminal slot, the pin is exposed outside the housing, wherein an arc-shaped bending part is formed between the bended portion and the contact portion and another arc-shaped bending part is formed between the bended portion and the pin. After being assembled, the display port connector of the present invention is capable of receiving a display port plug, and the arc-shaped bending parts can be served to shorten the signal transmission distance for being advantageous for high frequency transmission. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110269344 | CONTACT TERMINAL HAVING INSULATIVE CAP - An electrical connector includes an insulative housing and a plurality of contacts received in the housing. Each contact has a base portion, a resilient arm and a contacting portion located at one end of the resilient arm. The contacting portion has a free end attached with an insulative member so as to prevent short circuit with an adjacent contact. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110269345 | CONNECTOR HAVING IMPROVED HOUSING TO POSITION CONTACTS THEREOF RELIABLY - An electrical connector comprises an insulative housing having a base portion, and a tongue portion extending forwardly from the base portion, the base portion defining a cavity recessed from an upper surface thereof and communicating with a mating port, a bottom wall below the cavity and having a plurality of receiving slots, and a plurality of retaining slots which each is communicated with each two adjacent receiving slots. A plurality of first contacts each has a contact portion, a retaining portion extending rearwardly from the contact portion, and a pair of projections protruding outwardly from two lateral sides of the retaining portion along a transverse direction perpendicular to the front-to-back direction. The retaining portions are received in the corresponding receiving slots downwardly. The projections are positioned in the corresponding retaining slots to prevent the first contacts from moving along the front-to-back direction. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110269346 | RESONANCE MODIFYING CONNECTOR - A connector assembly is provided that is suitable for controlling the resonance frequency of ground terminals used to shield high-speed differential pairs. Ground terminals may be commonized so as to provide ground terminals with a predetermined maximum electrical length. Reducing the electrical length of the ground terminal can move a resonance frequency of the ground terminals of the connector outside the range of frequencies at which signals will transmitted. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110269347 | CONNECTING DEVICE FOR CONNECTION TO A SOLAR MODULE AND SOLAR MODULE WITH SUCH A CONNECTING DEVICE - A connecting device for connection to an electrical connection system of a solar module comprises a connector housing for arranging on an outer face of the solar module and current-carrying components arranged in the connector housing, which components comprise at least one contact for connection to a conductor of the electrical connection system of the solar module, which conductor leads out from the solar module. A connection device, which may be arranged inside the connector housing, for positioning the conductor which leads out from the solar module is also provided, it being possible for the connection device and the contact to be arranged relative to one another in such a way that the contact is initially guided contactlessly along the conductor which leads out, so as to contact said conductor which leads out, and contacts the conductor which leads out in an end position. Reliable contact is thus possible without displacing the conductor which leads out. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110281466 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN ELECTRONIC OBJECT COMPRISING A DATA TRANSFER STAGE AND THE OBTAINED OBJECT - A method for producing a portable electronic object having contact pads arranged on a plane with a thickness which differs from the thickness of a standard smartcard. The object is electrically connected to data transfer station connectors, by delivering a data transfer station having an electric probe connector and submitting the object to the data transfer station in such a way that the contact pads thereof are accessible to the electric probes in a direction perpendicular to the plane. Objects obtainable include UBS keys or PCMCIA cards or readers. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110300757 | RESONANCE MODIFYING CONNECTOR - A connector assembly is provided that is suitable for modifying the resonant frequency of ground terminals used in conjunction with high data rate signal terminals. Ground terminals may be interconnected with a conductive bridge so as to provide ground terminals with a predetermined maximum effective electrical length. Reducing the effective electrical length of the ground terminal can move the resonance frequencies of the connector outside the operational range of frequencies at which signals will be transmitted. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110300758 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR HAVING IMPROVED CROSSTALK COMPENSATING PADDLE BOARD - An electrical connector ( | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110306245 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR FOR RESTRICTING CONTACTS REVERSED - An electrical connector includes an insulative housing and a plurality of contacts secured in the insulative housing. The insulative housing defines a mating face and a plurality of receiving passageways running through the mating face for receiving the contacts and arranged along a first direction thereof Each contact defines a contacting portion protruding out of the receiving passageway from the mating face. The electrical connector further includes a baffled stick assembled in the mating face and across the receiving passageways along the first direction of the insulating housing. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110306246 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR FOR BROADSIDE COUPLED OR EDGE COUPLED MATING WITH MATING CONNECTOR - An electrical connector ( | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110312220 | BATTERY CONNECTOR AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING THE SAME - An electrical connector including an insulative housing and a plurality of terminals secured in the housing. The insulative housing defines a mating surface, an assembling surface opposite to the mating surface and a plurality of passageways penetrating through the mating surface and the assembling surface. Each passageway defines two parallel first grooves at each inside wall thereof which run through the assembling surface. A slit are located in front of the first groove and extends perpendicular to and communicates with the first grooves. The terminals are inserted into and received in the passageways from the assembling surface of the insulative housing. Each terminal includes a retention portion with barbs at lateral sides thereof The barbs of the retention portions pass through the first grooves from the assembling surface and are pressed in the slits in a first direction perpendicular to the assembly surface. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110312221 | Board-To-Board Connector - A board-to-board connector comprises a first connector ( | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110312222 | MULTI-ELECTRODE HOLDERS - Various embodiments of a multi-electrode holder are described. In one embodiment, the multi-electrode holder is employed to electrically connect a plurality of replaceable electrodes to a cable. In this embodiment, the multi-electrode holder includes a substrate, a plurality of independently actuatable contacts, and a connector, for connection to a cable, in electrical communication with the plurality of contacts. A plurality of channels may be formed in the substrate to receive at least two electrodes. In such a case, each contact may be aligned with a channel to retain an electrode disposed therein and to make electrical contact with such electrode. Alternatively, a plurality of electrode through-holes, for receiving electrodes, may be formed through the substrate. In this case, one end of a given electrode is retained by a contact and makes electrical contact therewith, while the other end of the electrode extends through an electrode through-hole. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110312223 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR ADAPTED FOR PLURAL DIFFERENT MATING CONNECTORS - An electrical connector adapted for at least two different mating connectors, comprises an insulative housing, a plurality of contacts retained on the housing, and a metal shell covering the insulative housing. The insulative housing has a base and a tongue forwardly extending from the base. Each contact has a contact portion extending to the tongue. The metal shell has a top wall, a bottom wall and two side walls connecting two side edges of the top wall and bottom wall. The bottom wall has an upward protruding portion to form a first mating opening together with the top wall and the side walls for receiving a first mating connector, and at least one downward recessed portion to form a second mating opening together with the top wall, the two side walls and the protruding portion for receiving a second mating connector which is different from the first mating connector. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110318966 | Electrical Connector and Conductive Member Thereof - An electrical connector and a conductive member thereof are provided. In one embodiment of the present invention, the conductive member is installed in an insulating body, and a solder ball is retained between two retaining ends of the conductive member to form the electrical connector. In the conductive member, a base extends downwards to form two soldering arms, each of the soldering arms has an extending arm and a retaining end extending from the extending arm, the retaining ends are exposed outside the insulating body, and at least one of the retaining ends is provided with a recessed portion, so as to enable the solder ball, when entering between the two retaining ends, to prop the two retaining ends and partially enter the recessed portion, so that the solder ball is securely retained by the two retaining ends, thereby preventing the solder ball from falling off from the two retaining ends when the electrical connector is under an external force. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20120009821 | CONNECTOR - A connector is connectable to a cable having a plurality of signal wires and a drain wire. Each of the signal wires includes a signal conductor. The connector comprises a plurality of contacts, a holding member and a shell. The holding member is provided with an accommodating portion configured to accommodate an end part of the drain wire. The accommodating portion extends through the holding portion along a predetermined direction. The contacts configured to be connected to the signal conductors, respectively. The contacts are held by the holding member so that connection works between the contacts and the signal conductors are performable along the predetermined direction. The shell covers, at least in part, the holding member. The shell has a fixing portion exposed in the accommodating portion so that the end part of the drain wire is fixable to the fixing portion within the accommodating portion. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120009822 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - An electrical connector comprises a housing, a plurality of first terminals, a plurality of second terminals, a plurality of third terminals and a cage provided on the exterior of the housing. The housing comprises a base and a tongue. The base is provided with a base wall and an assembly slot provided on the base wall to which the mated tongue mates. The tongue is provided with a body and a plurality of terminal installation slots recessed downward at intervals from the top surface of the body, the rear end of the terminal installation slots being defined by a boss part. A yield notch is provided at each location where each terminal passageway corresponds to the boss part. Because the boss parts increase the strength of the tongue, and by utilizing the yield notches, the contacts are able to prevent the boss parts from entering the terminal installation slots. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120009823 | Electrical Connector - An electrical connector having an insulative housing, a plurality of first terminals and a plurality of second terminals. The first terminals are disposed in the insulative housing. Each of the first terminals has a first contact portion, a first solder portion, and a first connection portion between the first contact portion and the first solder portion. The plurality of second terminals are also disposed in the insulative housing. Each of the second terminals has a second contact portion, a second solder portion, and a second connection portion between the second contact portion and the second solder portion. The first solder portions of the first terminals and the second solder portions of the second terminals are arranged in two rows in a lateral direction, respectively. The row of the first solder portions is separated from the row of the second solder portions by a predetermined distance in a longitudinal direction. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120015559 | SOCKET WITH LOWER CONTACTS WITH CONFIGURATION - A socket for receiving an IC (integrate circuit) package comprises an insulative housing and a plurality of contacts. The insulative housing defines a plurality of contact passageways for receiving the contacts. Each contact has a retaining portion, an elastic arm and a soldering portion, and the retaining portion is formed with a first part, a second part and a bending part between the first and the second parts. Each of the first and the second parts is formed with a protrusion on an outside lateral edge thereof away from the bending part for interfering with the contact passageway of the insulative housing to retain the contact to the insulative housing. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120015560 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - An electrical connector includes an insulating housing with a tongue plate protruding forwards from a front portion thereof and a plurality of conductive terminals comprising an upper row of conductive terminals and a lower row of conductive terminals which are mounted on upper and lower sides of the tongue plate respectively. The terminals include a butting portion, a soldering portion, and a bending portion connected between the butting portion and the soldering portion. At least one positioning modules is mounted into the accommodating chamber of the insulating housing so that it envelopes a periphery of the bending portions of the plurality of conductive terminals. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120021650 | VISIBLE OPEN FOR SWITCHGEAR ASSEMBLY - An electrical connector assembly may include a connector body having a conductor receiving end, a first link interface, a second link interface, a first connector end, and a visible open port between the first link interface and the second link interface. The first link interface may be conductively coupled to the conductor receiving end and the second link interface may be spaced axially from the first link interface and conductively coupled to the first connector end. The first link interface and the second link interface are configured to receive a link assembly therein. An insulative material may be positioned within the connector body axially between the first link interface and the second link interface. At least a portion of the insulative material may be visible through the visible open port. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120021651 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - An electrical connector comprises a housing, a plurality of first, second and third terminals and a shield fitting over an exterior of the housing. The housing comprises a base and a tongue with a front end; the base is provided with a base wall and an assembly slot that receives the tongue. The tongue can include a U-shaped flange that mates to the assembly slot and extends convexly forward from the base wall to support the posterior of the tongue. Each first terminal is provided with an elastic contact which is exposed on the top surface. Each second terminal is provided with a second contact exposed on the top surface and closer to the front end of the tongue than the elastic contacts. Each third terminal is provided with a third contact that is exposed on the bottom surface. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120021652 | POWER ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH IMPROVED METAL SHELL - An electrical connector includes a metal shell, an insulative housing and at least one terminal retained in the insulative housing. The metal shell defines a front-to-rear direction and a lateral direction perpendicular to the front-to-rear direction and includes a pair of elastic arms extending rearward from a rear edge thereof and a pair of latch portions extending along the lateral direction from free tips of the elastic arms. The insulative housing comprises a base portion and a mating portion extending forwardly from the base portion. The base portion defines a pair of protrusions extending along the lateral direction. The terminal includes a contact portion disposed on the mating portion. The metallic shell is assembled to the insulative housing in the front-to-rear direction. The latch portions of the metal shell lock with the protrusions of the housing so as to secure the shell to the insulative housing. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120028502 | SOCKET CONNECTOR WITH CONTACT TERMINAL HAVING WAVEFORM ARRANGEMENT ADJACENT TO TAIL PORTION PERFECTING SOLDER JOINT - An electrical connector includes an insulative housing with a number of through holes extending therethrough, a number of contacts assembled to the insulative housing, and a number of solder balls disposed in the though holes and each is clasped by the tail and insulative housing. Each contact includes a vertical base portion secured to a first side of the through hole, a contact engaging arm extending from a top end of the base portion, and a solder portion extending from a bottom end of the base portion. The solder portion has a wave arrangement below the base portion and projecting from the base portion to a second side of the through hole which opposites to said first side, and a tail extending downwardly from the wave arrangement and capable of moving from the first side to the second side. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120034818 | THIN CARD CONNECTOR ADAPTED FOR THIN CARD - A thin card connector ( | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120040562 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH IMPROVED HOUSING - An electrical connector includes an insulative housing having a base with two opposite sides and a tongue extending forwardly from the base, a first insulator attached to one side of the base, a second insulator attached to the other side of the base, and a plurality of contacts including a first set of contacts sandwiched between the base and the first insulator, and a second set of contacts sandwiched between the base and the second insulator. The contacts each has a contact portion arranged on the tongue for mating with a corresponding plug. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120040563 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR HAVING CONTACT MODULES - An electrical connector ( | 02-16-2012 |
| 20120045940 | TORSIONAL CONTACT DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ELECTRONICS MODULE - A torsional electrical contact includes a body comprising a helix including N helical turns around a longitudinal axis, wherein N≧1. The body further includes first and second opposite ends that are spaced longitudinally from each other. First and second contact arms extend outwardly away from the helix at the opposite first and second ends of the body, respectively. The first and second contact arms include respective distal ends defined by a part of the contact arm that is located a maximum orthogonal distance from the longitudinal axis. The first and second arms define a contact angle α measured between a first reference plane in which the longitudinal axis lies and that intersects the distal end of the first contact arm and a second reference plane in which the longitudinal axis lies and that intersects the distal end of the second contact arm. At least one of the first and second contact arms is selectively resiliently movable toward the other of the first and second contact arms to reduce the contact angle α. One or more contacts are installed in a module and/or connected to an electronic component. A module including first and second contacts can be configured in a first condition in which the contacts are connected directly to each other or a second condition in which the contacts are engaged with respective parts of a circuit board or other component inserted into the housing. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120045941 | DUPLEX PROFILE CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY HAVING RETENTION MEANS FOR ASSEMBLING UPPER AND LOWER CONNECTORS THEREOF TOGETHER - A double-deck connector assembly comprises an unitary insulating housing defining upper and lower connection ports slightly offset from each other in a front-to-back direction thereof for respectively receiving upper and lower modules therein. The upper connection port has a pair of holding arms extending from two opposite ends thereof. The lower connection port has a pair of lower latching arms extending from two opposite ends thereof. The lower latching arms extend in a same direction with the holding arms and each has a sliding slot at an outside thereof. The sliding slots can match with the holding arms to assemble the upper and lower connection ports together. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120058679 | ELECTRIC CONNECTOR AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - To well prevent a conductive contact from being peeled off with a simple structure, a rear end portion of the conductive contact to which a cable-shaped signal transmission medium is coupled is directly held by a contact engaging part. Even when an external force due to so-called flapping or the like is added from the cable-shaped signal transmission medium to the conductive contact, the conductive contact is well prevented from being peeled off. Also, a guide inclined surface for positioning the cable-shaped signal transmission medium is provided at the contact engaging part, and the cable-shaped signal transmission medium can be stably mounted along the guide inclined surface of the contact engaging part, thereby easily and accurately performing operations at the time of mounting, such as positioning. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120058680 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH IMPROVED SIGNAL TRANSMITTING PERFORMANCE - An electrical connector ( | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120064773 | CONTACT FOR AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - An electrical contact is provided. The contact includes a mating end, a mounting end, and an intermediate portion extending between the mating end and the mounting end. A shield attachment area is located on the intermediate portion. The shield attachment area has a top, a bottom, and a pair of sides extending between the top and the bottom. A notch is formed in at least one of the top or the bottom of the shield attachment area. The notch is configured to align the pair of sides during stamping and forming of the shield attachment area. The notch aligns the pair of sides such that the sides are stamped and formed in a substantially parallel configuration. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120083161 | Electrical Connector - An electrical connector for connecting with an electrical card comprises a plurality of signal terminal modules and at least one ground terminal. Each of the plurality of signal terminal modules having a pair of signal terminal and an insulation body. Each of the pair of signal terminals include a first contact portion, a first securing portion, and a first connection portion positioned between the first contact portion and the first securing portion. The insulation body is overmolded to each first connection portion of the pair of signal terminals. The ground terminal includes a pair of second contact portions, a second securing portion, and a second connection portion positioned between the pair of second contact portions and the second securing portion. The insulation body includes openings positioned to correspond to each of the pair of signal terminals, with a portion of each of the pair of signal terminals is exposed. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120088409 | SURFACE-MOUNT TECHNOLOGY (SMT) DEVICE CONNECTOR - A surface-mount technology (SMT) device connector ( | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120088410 | CONNECTOR AND SEMICONDUCTOR TESTING DEVICE INCLUDING THE CONNECTOR - Each of the signal terminal and the ground terminal includes a first extending portion extending toward its tip end, and a second extending portion extending in a direction opposite to the first extending portion. The first extending portion is formed such that a width thereof is smaller than a width of the second extending portion. The housing includes a first housing into which the first extending portions are inserted, and a second housing into which the second extending portions are inserted. The second housing is formed separately from the first housing, and the first housing includes a wall portion located between the first extending portion of the signal terminal and the first extending portion of the ground terminal. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120100757 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH IMPROVED CONTACTS - An electrical connector, comprising an insulative housing, at least two conductive terminals received in the insulative housing and defining an upper terminal and a lower terminal, each conductive terminal comprising a retaining portion retained in the insulative housing, a mating portion extending forwardly from the retaining portion and a soldering portion extending rearwardly from the retaining portion. The structures of the upper terminal and the lower terminal are the same as each other. The mating portions of the upper terminal and the lower terminal are arranged in two rows. The soldering portions of the upper terminal and the lower terminal are arranged in one row. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120108108 | CONNECTING TERMINAL STRUCTURE, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME AND SOCKET - A connecting terminal structure includes a plurality of connecting terminals, each including a connecting part to be in contact with an object to be connected at an end of the connecting terminal and a plate-like fixing part at another end of the connecting terminal, a first face of the plate-like fixing part being configured to be electrically connectable; and electronic components, each including at least two electrode terminals, wherein the two electrode terminals of the electronic components are mounted on faces opposite to the first faces of the fixing parts of the connecting terminals. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120115366 | SOCKET FOR A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A device, wherein, at cells | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120115367 | METHOD FOR INTEGRATING AND ERECTING CARBON NANOTUBE COLUMN - A method for integrating and erecting CNT column, comprises following steps of: 1) providing a conductive layer; 2) applying a non-conductive layer over the conductive layer; 3) forming a via on the non-conductive substrate; 4) placing an electrode above the via; 5) deploying dispersive liquid containing CNT powder into the via; 6) applying a predetermined AC electric field between the conductive substrate and the electrode for integrating and erecting the CNT powder into CNT column under electric field force. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120122345 | CONNECTOR - For an object of providing a connector which has improved heat radiating efficiency, the connector includes a terminal | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120129399 | Connector Assembly - A connector assembly is provided which includes a housing and at least one conductor module. The conductor module comprises at least a first sub-module and a second sub-module attached together to form the conductor module. The conductor module is at least partially received in the housing. The housing and the first sub-module include cooperating positioning structures for positioning the at least one conductor module into the housing such that the position of the second sub-module with respect to the housing is determined by the position of the first sub-module with respect to the housing in at least a first direction (X; Z). A connector assembly is also provided in which at least one contact includes at least one contact beam of which a part is resiliently displaceable substantially parallel to a side wall of the housing from a preload position to a second position for receiving a mating contact. The housing includes a stand-off structure configured to cooperate with at least a portion of the contact to provide and maintain a separation between at least the contact portion and the first side wall in and between the preload position and the second position. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120129400 | FLEXIBLE CONCENTRATED WIRING CONNECTOR - Provided is a flexible concentrated wiring connector, wherein a terminal section of a flexible concentrated wiring member is prevented from being deformed and the flexible concentrated wiring member is also prevented from being damaged, in a case where a terminal connection tool is assembled to the flexible concentrated wiring member. The flexible concentrated wiring connector includes the flexible concentrated wiring member ( | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120135641 | CONNECTOR AND METHOD OF COUPLING THE SAME TO SUBSTRATE - A disclosed connector includes a signal contact whose first end portion is to be connected to a connection terminal of another connector, wherein the signal contact is formed of an electrically conductive material; an insulating part including a groove part in which a second end portion of the signal contact is placed; a floating lead that is placed in the groove part and movable in a longitudinal direction of the groove part, wherein first end portion of the floating lead is to be in contact with the second end portion of the signal contact placed in the groove part; and a solder member adapted to electrically connect the first portion of the floating lead and the second end portion of the signal contact. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120149243 | CONNECTING STRUCTURE AND PRODUCTION METHOD - A connecting structure to connect electronic components electrically through a plurality of conducting lines each including a covered segment including a wire conductor covered with an insulating covering and an uncovered segment includes a molding unit and a sealing unit. The molding unit encloses a boundary portion between the covered segment and the uncovered segment of each of the conducting lines so that the uncovered segments project in a first direction from a first end of the molding unit and the covered segments project in a second direction from a second end of the molding unit, and thereby holding the conducting lines to fix positions of the conducting lines relative to one another. The sealing member of an adhesive adheres to the second end of the molding unit and adheres to each of the covered segments of the conducting lines projecting from the second end of the molding unit. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20120156935 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY WITH AN IMPROVED METALLIC SHELL - An electrical connector assembly ( | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120156936 | CABLE CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY WITH AN IMPROVED SPACER - A cable connector assembly ( | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120164886 | LOWER PROFILE ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY - An electrical connector assembly comprises: a housing, a plurality of conductive terminals received in the housing and arranged in two rows, each conductive terminal defining a front mating portion, a retaining portion retained in the housing, and an exposing portion located behind the housing, a PCB electrically connected to the conductive terminals, and having a number of through holes through an upper and a lower surfaces thereof; a metal shell enclosing the housing and the PCB; and a cable electrically connected to the PCB. At least a row of conductive terminals are bent and pass through the through holes, and two rows of exposing portions of the conductive terminals are soldered on a surface of the PCB. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120164887 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH A COVER TRANSITIONALLY ASSEMBLED ON AN INCLINED SLIDING SLOT - An electrical connector includes an insulative housing defining a mounting face, a pair of pivotal grooves on opposite sides of a rear end of the housing and a pair of locking recesses in front of the pivotal grooves respectively; a plurality of contacts arranged in the housing and a metal shell defining a pair of pivotal posts assembled in the pivotal grooves and a pair locking tabs to couple with the pair of locking recesses in a condition that the metal shell rotates to cover on the insulating housing and move forwards. The pair of pivotal posts therebetween defines an axis paralleling to the mounting face and the axis of the pair of pivotal posts is closer gradually to the mounting face during forward movement of the metal shell. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120171900 | LAMINOUS MULTI-POLYMERIC HIGH AMPERAGE OVER-MOLDED CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY FOR PLUG-IN HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING - In an electrical connector for an electric vehicle, the spring latch is not sealed; instead, the connector body has holes allowing water entering the spring latch mechanism to drain harmlessly out of the connector. A forward-facing LED or other light source acts as a flashlight. Once the connector is connected, the forward-facing LED is switched off, and a rear-facing LED or other light source is switched on to confirm that the connector is connected and capable of charging the vehicle. The connector is produced by overmolding in a three-layer configuration, where each layer is formed of a material having advantageous materials for that layer's position in the connector. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120171901 | I/O CONNECTOR HAVING METAL COVERING PORTION TIGHTLY FIXED WITH INSULATIVE HOUSING - An I/O connector ( | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120178298 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR AND TERMINAL THEREOF - An electrical connector includes an insulating housing and a plurality of terminals. The terminal includes a base having an upper end and a lower end, a flexible arm extending upward from the upper end of the base, a retaining portion extending upward from the upper end of the base, and at least one holding leg extended from the lower end of the base. Each holding leg includes a transition arm extending downward from the lower end of the base and a welding portion extending downward from the transition arm. The welding portion is formed with a substantially arc-shaped inner edge. The inner edge of the holding leg defines a claw structure to retain a solder ball with the insulating housing corporately. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120178299 | SURFACE-MOUNT ON-BOARD DIAGNOSTICS CONNECTOR-PIN ASSEMBLY - A connector-pin assembly includes a frame and a plurality of pins. The frame includes a plurality of slots. The plurality of pins is insertable into the plurality of slots and are configured to provide an electrical connection between an on-board-diagnostic vehicle connector and a circuit board. The plurality of slots is configured to align the plurality of pins with connectors in the on-board-diagnostic vehicle connector. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120178300 | CONNECTOR - A connector includes a plurality of terminal metal fittings that are arranged in parallel to one another and respectively have electric wire connection sections to which electric wires are electrically connected, and a connector housing that accommodates the plurality of terminal metal fittings therein. The plurality of terminal metal fittings are configured that the lengths of the electric wire connection sections are made longer in accordance with the arrangement thereof from one side toward the other side in an arrangement direction of the plurality of terminal metal fittings. The electric wires are connected to the electric wire connection sections respectively so that the electric wires extend from one end portions of the electric wire connection sections toward the one side and intersect with a longitudinal direction of the electric wire connection section. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120184144 | JOINT CONNECTOR AND BUSBAR - A joint connector has a housing ( | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120184145 | CONNECTOR HAVING BRIDGE MEMBER FOR COUPLING GROUND TERMINALS - A connector ( | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120190242 | CONNECTOR AND TERMINAL ARRANGEMENT MEMBER - A substrate connection part ( | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120196481 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - An electrical connector includes: an insulating body, having a plurality of terminal receiving holes, in which each terminal receiving hole includes a retaining slot recessed from an upper surface of the insulating body and a receiving slot formed through the insulating body and connected with the retaining slot, and the retaining slot has a bottom surface that forms a step with a sidewall of the receiving slot; a metal layer, plated on the sidewall of the receiving slot, being not higher than the bottom surface; and a plurality of terminals, respectively y accommodated in each terminal receiving hole, in which each terminal includes a retaining portion fixed in the retaining slot, a base and a soldering portion extend downwards from the retaining portion and are suspended in the receiving slot, and a clearance is formed between the retaining portion and the metal layer for preventing a conduction therebetween. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120196482 | MULTI-STAGE BEAM CONTACTS - An electrical connector has a first wafer having a first housing with a first plurality of contact beams extending from the first housing in a first plane. A second wafer has a second housing with a second plurality of contact beams extending from said second housing in a second plane substantially parallel to the first plane. A dividing panel member extends from the insulative housing between the first plurality of contact beams and the second plurality of contact beams. Each of the contact beams extending from the wafer pair is configured to mate with a corresponding backplane contact in a backplane connector. The contact beams extending from the wafer pair and the backplane contacts are configured such that each pair of corresponding contacts includes a first contact point and a second contact point. When the wafer pair is fully received by the backplane connector, contact between the contact beam and the backplane contact is maintained at both the first and second contact points. Each of the contact beams includes a pivot member configured such that the electrical connector has a low initial insertion force, but a high normal force when fully mated with the backplane connector. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120196483 | CONNECTOR FOR MULTIPLE INTERFACE CONNECTION STANDARDS - Described are connectors having a substrate, a first interface connection terminal set electrically coupled to the substrate, a second interface connection terminal set electrically coupled to the substrate, a third interface connection terminal set electrically coupled to the substrate, a housing coupled to the substrate and surrounding at least a portion of the first interface connection terminal set, the second interface connection terminal set, and the third interface connection terminal set, and a shell coupled to the housing and the substrate, wherein the first interface connection terminal set and the second interface connection terminal set are configured to support at least two interface connection standards with interfaces that are mechanically different. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120202384 | SOCKET CONNECTOR WITH CONTACT TERMINAL HAVING OXIDATION-RETARDING PREPARATION ADJACENT TO SOLDER PORTION PERFECTING SOLDER JOINT - An electrical connector having a fusible element for mounting on a substrate includes an insulative housing and a contact terminal retained in the insulative housing. The contact terminal includes a resilient contacting arm extending beyond a mating face of the insulative housing and a soldering portion for mating with the fusible element. A gelatinous flux is deployed on the fusible element, and/or on the soldering portion, and/or between the fusible element and the soldering portion, and then flux is dried to immovably fix the fusible element with respect to the soldering portion. The dried flux will be re-juvenile to clean and remove an oxidized layer originally existed on the soldering portion so as to achieve robust welding quality. Besides, a method for trimming an electrical connector to have robust welding properties is also disclosed. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120202385 | CONNECTOR FOR MEDICAL INSTRUMENT - A connector for a medical instrument connected to an external device for medical use is provided, and the connector for a medical instrument includes a plug portion in which electric contact point portions are placed, outer sheath cases connectively provided at the plug portion, a sub frame member interposed between the plug portion and the outer sheath cases, and having a flange portion, and a main frame member housed in the outer sheath cases and fixed to the sub frame member, wherein the plug portion and the outer sheath cases are butted against the flange portion by different fixing members respectively, and are compressed and fixed to the sub frame member. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120208402 | Terminal Module And Method For Manufacturing The Same - The invention is a terminal module and a method for manufacturing the same. The terminal module includes an insulating body and a plurality of first and second terminals. The plurality of first and second terminals are alternatively arranged side by side and partially insert-molded within the insulating body. The plurality of first terminals and the plurality of second terminals are connected to a common terminal carrier. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120208403 | ELECTRIC CONNECTOR AND ENDOSCOPE - An electric connector portion includes first and second electric contact portions which are connectable to first and second target electric contact portions, respectively, and a protective member which is movable from a protecting position where the first and second electric contact portions are protected to an opening position where the first and second electric contact portions are opened in a moving direction extending from the first electric contact portion side to the second electric contact portion side, wherein the protective member includes an opening portion which is configured to open the second electric contact portion when the protective member is arranged at the opening position. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120220166 | Stackable Cable Mount Power Connector - A stackable cable mount power connector includes a cover having a draw screw engagement pin and a connector shell having a bushing and an insert assembly positioned therein. A draw screw having a locking pin is positioned within the bushing. The bushing includes grooves for receiving the locking pin. The connector includes multiple primary contact pins having an upper portion and a lower portion. The upper portion of the primary contact pins is positioned within the bushing. The lower portion of the primary contact pins is positioned within the insert assembly. The upper portion of the primary contact pins is configured to receive secondary contact pins. The lower portion of the primary contact pins is configured to engage a power source. The connector also includes a stud positioned within the insert assembly. The stud includes slots for receiving the locking pin. When the cover is removed from the connector shell, the locking pin is positioned within the grooves of the bushing, and the draw screw is fixed within the connector and does not rotate. When the cover is attached to the connector shell, the draw screw engagement pin engages the draw screw, and can be rotated by a handle attached thereto. Attachment of the cover causes the locking pin to be positioned within the slots in the stud, and the draw screw is rotatable within the connector, thus allowing connection to a power source. The cover can be removed to allow a secondary connector to be coupled to the bushing. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120225585 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH EQUAL WIDTH CONNECTION PART - An electrical connector includes a plurality of transmission terminals and an insulation plate. The transmission terminals are g installed in parallel manner relative to one another, and each includes a first end, a second end and an equal-width connection part interconnecting the first end and the second end. The equal-width connection parts have the same width. The insulation plate is disposed among the transmission terminals so as to fix the transmission terminals in position with the first ends and the second ends protruding respectively and outwardly from the insulation plate. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120225586 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - An electrical connector is used for electrically connecting a chip module and includes: an insulating body, having a plurality of receiving slots; and a plurality of terminals, disposed in the receiving slots and each having a base plate, a contact arm and at least one extending arm, in which the base plate is fixed in the receiving slot, the contact arm is located on one side of the base plate and has a contact portion conducting the chip module, the contact portion is higher than the base plate and is exposed outside the receiving slot, and the extending arm is in a bent shape and has a lower end connected to the contact arm and an upper end connected to the base plate. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120225587 | CONNECTOR - Areas at outer edge sides of a draw-out area for wires ( | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120231666 | CONNECTOR - A connector to be mounted on a substrate includes a first pad and a second pad formed on the surface, including a first contact including a first contacting portion to be in contact with the first pad when the connector is mounted on the substrate; and a second contact including a second contacting portion to be in contact with the second pad when the connector is mounted on the substrate, the first contact and the second contact being configured such that the first contacting portion slides on the first pad in a first direction while the second contacting portion slides on the second pad in a second direction opposite to the first direction, when the first contact and the second contact are pushed toward the first pad and the second pad, respectively, while the connector is being placed on and fixed to the substrate. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120231667 | INTERPOSER AND JOINT TERMINAL - A joint terminal usable in an interposer. The joint terminal includes a first terminal member; and a second terminal member detachably attached to the first terminal member and electrically conductible to the first terminal member. The second terminal member includes a contact part capable of contacting with and separating from a conductor portion of a counterpart of the interposer; a spring part adapted to generate a contact pressure for pushing the contact part against the conductor portion; and an attachment part abutting on and detachably attached by a frictional force to the first terminal member. The contact part, the spring part and the attachment part are formed integrally with each other as a unitary member. | 09-13-2012 |
| 20120238142 | Electric Machine with Fully Enclosed In-Slot Conductors - An electric machine includes a core with a plurality of slots. A plurality of electric conductors are positioned in the slots. Each of the plurality of electric conductors includes a U-turn portion extending between two in-slot portions and connection ends extending from the in-slot portions. The connection ends are positioned on an opposite end of the core from the U-turn portions. A plurality of insulation tubes are positioned in the plurality of slots. The in-slot portions of the electric conductors extend through the insulation tubes. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120238143 | DEVICE CONNECTOR - A terminal block in which a plurality of metal conductive plates ( | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120244753 | RELIEF PLUG-IN CONNECTOR AND MULTILAYER CIRCUIT BOARD - The invention relates to a multipole relief plug-in connector ( | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120252274 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - An electrical connector includes: an insulating body, having a plurality of receiving slots formed through the insulating body; a plurality of conductive terminals, each disposed in one of the receiving slots, wherein the conductive terminal is formed with a solder contact surface, and the solder contact surface is substantially vertical; and a plurality of solders, respectively received in the receiving slots, in which the solder is in a flat shape, and each of the solders is formed with an abutting surface in a flat direction for abutting the solder contact surface. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120270445 | CONNECTOR - The invention provides a connector including a body having insulation properties and a terminal group arranged in a row in a first direction of the body. The terminal group includes a pair of first signal terminals, a second signal terminal, and a ground terminal. The first signal terminals extend in a second direction and are adjacent to each other in the first direction. The second signal terminal extends in the second direction. The ground terminal extends in the second direction and is disposed between one of the first signal terminals and the second signal terminal. A widthwise dimension in the first direction of the ground terminal is less than twice that of each of the first signal terminals. A thicknesswise dimension of at least a part of the ground terminal in a third direction is larger than that of each of the first and second signal terminals. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120282811 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING THE SAME - An electrical connector assembly ( | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120289091 | SENSOR - The object of the present invention is to provide a sensor which has an advantage in reduction of the noise and for down sizing, and also which are capable to produce easily. A sensor comprising: a case member housing a resistance substrate and a mobile element which slides against said resistance substrate and formed with an aperture leading to said resistance substrate; a connector member having a connector terminal, a cover unit which is a part of a resin covering said connector terminal and covers said aperture of said case member, and a connector unit which is other part of the resin covering said connector terminal and is connected with an external terminal; and a clip resiliently contacting with said connector terminal and said resistance substrate, and electrically connecting said connector terminal and said resistance substrate. Said clip comprises a fulcrum and two leg units consisting of a first leg unit and a second leg unit extending to two directions from said fulcrum and said clip has a cross sectional shape of roughly a V shape or U shape. Said clip is engaged with an end unit of said resistance substrate in a status that said resistance substrate is sandwiched between said first leg unit and said second leg unit. A housing depression is formed in said connector member at a position opposing said resistance substrate, said housing depression comprises a first lateral wall contacting with a first external face which is an external face of said first leg unit and a second lateral wall contacting with a second external face which is an external face of said second leg unit, and said housing depression houses said clip in a status that said clip is sandwiched between said first lateral wall and said second lateral wall. A part of said connector terminal is exposed from the resin covering said connector terminal to form at least one of said first lateral wall and said second lateral wall. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120295484 | MODULE SOCKET - The Present Disclosure is a module socket for mounting a module on a mounting member, in which the module socket has a first connector including a flat housing, a first conductive pattern arranged on the mating side surface of the housing, and a male terminal protruding from a surface of the first conductive pattern, and a flat second connector formed from plate-shaped metal and including a female terminal elastically interposing the male terminal, and in which either the first conductor or the second conductor is attached to the module and the other is attached to the mounting member. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120295485 | BATTERY CONNECTOR - A battery connector includes: a plurality of terminals, each of which is to be connected to each electrode of a plurality of batteries; and a case which contains the plurality of terminals therein. The case includes a terminal fixing part in which the plurality of terminals are fixed, and an insulating cover which is supported to be displaced to a closing position at which an open face of the terminal fixing part is covered by the insulating cover. A wire guide is formed in an outer surface of the insulating cover in the closing position. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120309233 | CIRCUIT MEMBER WITH ENHANCED PERFORMANCE - An electrical connector includes a dielectric housing with a plurality of filtering modules therein. Each filtering module has a housing and a magnetics assembly including transformer cores with wires wrapped therearound. An array of pins extend from the module housing for connection to the wires. A plurality of tails extend from the module housing for interconnection to a circuit board upon which the connector may be mounted. An interconnection is provided between the pins and tails that may include filtering or other signal modifying circuitry. A circuit member having an enhanced layout is also provided for use in or upon which the connector may be mounted. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120315796 | Cross Talk Reduction For A High Speed Electrical Connector - An electrical connector has a housing receiving one or more series of electrical contacts. Each series of electrical contacts has a plurality of ground contacts and a plurality of signal contacts. The signal contacts are positioned in between the ground contacts, and the plurality of ground contacts are integrally connected to each other by a bus bar within the housing. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120315797 | SOCKET HOUSING - A socket housing comprises an inner part and an outer part, the inner part being formed to receive at least one electrically conductive contact element, and a wall of the outer part defining a cavity. Therein, the inner part and the outer part are arranged adjoining one another. An external diameter of the inner part is equal to or less than an internal diameter of the outer part. The socket housing is formed in one piece, the inner part and the outer part being connected via a crosspiece formed as a predetermined breaking point. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120329329 | CONNECTOR WITH DETACHABLE MODULE - A connector includes a main body and a detachable module. The main body has an insulation base and a plurality of pin header slots. The rear surface of the insulation base is provided with a plurality of troughs. The pin header slots are disposed in the troughs. Each pin header slot extends toward the top surface of the insulation base. The detachable module includes a circuit board, an integrated circuit and a plurality of pin headers both electrically connected to the circuit board. When the detachable module is assembled with the main body in such a manner that the pin headers are electrically connected to the pin header slots, a mother board connected to the main body can perform the functions of the integrated circuit of the detachable module. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20130005187 | CONNECTOR - A connector includes a first connector and a second connector, wherein the first connector includes first contacts made of a conductive material, and a first movable part made of an insulating material, wherein the first contacts have respective first contact portions of a convex shape, and the first movable part is connected to the first contacts to be movable together with the first contact portions, wherein the second connector includes second contacts made of a conductive material, and a second movable part made of an insulating material, wherein the second contacts have respective second contact portions coming in contact with the first contact portions, and the second movable part is connected to the second contacts to be movable together with the second contact portions, and wherein the first contact portions and the second contact portions are configured to come in contact with each other, thereby establishing electrical coupling. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130005188 | CONNECTOR - A connector which is capable of preventing spring characteristics of contacts from changing due to sucking up of solder. A plurality of contacts each include a contact portion in contact with an electrode of a card-type electronic component, a spring portion for pressing the contact portion against the electrode of the card-type electronic component, and a connection portion which is soldered to a pad on a printed substrate. The spring portion of each contact is formed with a low wettability area on an end thereof toward the connection portion, to which solder is less likely to adhere. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130012069 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR AND ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY - Disclosed is an electrical connector comprising: at least one flexible electrically connecting element having a plurality of terminals at each end thereof; a first insulation element and a second insulation element configured to position said terminals for electrically connecting with a socket located on a printed circuit board, wherein said first insulation element has a first sidewall and said second insulation element has a second sidewall; and a supporting element having at least one sidewall, configured to engage with said first insulation element and second insulation element. Wherein a displacement space is defined between said at least one sidewall of said supporting element and at least one of said first sidewall and second sidewall to allow said first and second insulation elements to move relative to said supporting element. This present invention also provides an electrical connector assembly. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130017729 | FLOATING CONNECTOR SMALL IN SIZE AND IMPROVED IN STRENGTHAANM KIMURA; MasakiAACI TokyoAACO JPAAGP KIMURA; Masaki Tokyo JPAANM TAKENAGA; YuichiAACI TokyoAACO JPAAGP TAKENAGA; Yuichi Tokyo JP - A floating connector has a stationary housing, a movable housing, and a reinforcing member. The reinforcing member is made of a metal plate and is provided with a first plate portion and a second plate portion. The first plate portion is embedded in a guide portion of the stationary housing so as to extend in a depth direction. The second plate portion is embedded in the guide portion so as to extend inward in a width direction from one end in the depth direction of the first plate portion. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130017730 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR HAVING CONTACT MODULEAANM ZHANG; ZHI-CHENGAACI KunshanAACO CNAAGP ZHANG; ZHI-CHENG Kunshan CN - An electrical connector includes a housing ( | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130029531 | FLEXIBLE POWER CONNECTOR - A flexible power connector is presented. An embodiment of a flexible power connector includes a stacked structure having one or more insulating strips alternatingly arranged with a plurality of conducting strips, wherein the one or more insulating strips are interposed between the plurality of conducting strips to insulate each conducting strip from the other conducting strip in the stacked structure, and wherein the plurality of conducting strips is disposed parallel and proximate to each other to reduce electrical losses in the stacked structure | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130040496 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - An electrical connector includes: (a) an electrical connection base, in which a notch is opened forwards at a rear side of the electrical connection base, at least one protruding block, at least one first receiving hole, and at least two second receiving holes are opened forwards from the notch, (b) at least one first terminal, having a vertical first connecting portion correspondingly, and (c) at least two second terminals, each having a vertical second connecting portion correspondingly disposed in the notch. The protruding block has an increased thickness, thus effectively ensuring functions of the protruding block of protecting terminals, isolating the first connecting portion from the second connecting portion and avoiding short circuit between the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130045631 | SOCKET CONNECTOR - Disclosed is a socket connector, which includes an insulative body, conductive terminals, and a protective shell. A recess is defined in the insulative body. A plurality of terminal slots is defined in and perforated through four side walls of the insulative body. Each conductive terminal has a welding portion and an elastic contacting portion, in which the welding portion horizontally extends outside the side wall, and the elastic contacting portion extends to the recess. The protective shell is disposed around the insulative body. The welding portion is electrically coupled to an external circuit board. The lens module is inserted into the recess, thereby significantly reduces the height that the socket connector protrudes from the circuit board for reducing the vertical space usage of the socket connector. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130045632 | User-Friendly No-Metal Shell USB male Connector - This present invention is for a new user-friendly, thin, slim, no-metal shell USB male connector that is able to be inserted into a standard USB female receptacle in either orientation. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130045633 | CONNECTOR AND VEHICLE INCLUDING CONNECTOR - A connector includes: a first connector terminal to which a first electric cable is to be connected; a second connector terminal to which a second electric cable is to be connected; a sidewall that surrounds the first connector terminal and the second connector terminal; a protection cover; and an interlock mechanism. The interlock mechanism includes an interlock connector and an interlock pin. The interlock connector is disposed between the first connector terminal and the second connector terminal, and the interlock pin is provided at the protection cover and is positioned such that the interlock pin is inserted into the interlock connector when the protection cover is attached to the sidewall. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130045634 | CONNECTOR - A connector includes: a housing; and a connector module; the connector module including: a projection portion that projects outside from the housing; a substrate composed of a material with thermal conductivity; and a terminal that is fixed to a lower part of the substrate and contacts on an external substrate. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130052875 | CONNECTOR AND CONNECTOR MODULE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - There are provided a connector and a connector module which may commonly use mutually different interface schemes, and an electronic apparatus having the same. The connector includes a body having a fixed volume; and at least one coupling hole formed inwardly in a side of the body, and electrically coupled with a pin from the outside, wherein the coupling hole includes a first coupling unit having a predetermined first depth and electrically coupled with the pin from the outside, and a second coupling unit having a second depth deeper than the first depth and electrically coupled with another pin from the outside. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130052876 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - An electrical connector is provided in the present invention, including a plurality of electrical terminal groups, a metal housing, a metal positioning seat and a fixing member. The metal housing has a plurality of terminal-receiving grooves, each of which can accommodate two electrical terminal groups. A contact end of the electrical terminal group extends forward within the metal housing, and a connection end of the electrical terminal group extends downward out of the metal housing. The fixing member has a first bending sheet and a second bending sheet, which are perpendicular to each other and respectively connected to the metal housing and the metal positioning seat for fixing the metal positioning seat to the metal housing. The electrical connector of the present invention uses the metal housing to enhance the electromagnetic shielding effect, have a better heat dissipation efficacy and improve the stability of the connection structure. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130059475 | USB Connector - The present invention discloses a USB connector, comprising: a USB shell, an insulation spacer, metal sheets with metal weld legs respectively. The metal sheets are installed on the insulation spacer, the metal sheets are configured to be connected to a USB interface of a personal computer, the metal weld legs are connected to a printed circuit board within an external product, and the insulation spacer is fixed in the USB shell; the metal sheets comprise one ground pin, two signal pins and one power supply pin, wherein the ground pin is configured with an extending resilient metal sheet contacted with the USB shell. Widths of the metal sheets and the metal weld legs are widen and thicknesses of the metal sheets and the insulation spacer are thicken, so that the USB connector and the USB interface of the computer are contacted sufficiently, enhancing the ground effect of the USB connector. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130059476 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - A simple structure capable of preventing a cam part of an actuator from coming out of position when the actuator is in an open position. The cam part | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130065446 | Electrical Connector - An electrical connector is provided. The electrical connector includes a comprising a first housing, a second housing removably fittable to the first housing, and a lock block disposed on the second housing and engageable with the first housing to secure the second housing at a predetermined position with the first housing. The lock block includes a first groove extending along a length of the lock block, a side portion in contact with the first groove, an end portion in contact with the first groove and orthogonal to the side portion, a side lock disposed on the side portion and securable with the first housing, and a first lock that is provided integrally with the end portion and secured to the first housing. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130084751 | CONNECTOR - A female contact | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130084752 | Electrical Connector - In one aspect, provided is an electrical connector that can improve reliability of signal connection by ensuring insulation between adjacent terminals. In one aspect, connector housing | 04-04-2013 |
| 20130090013 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR FOR LOW PROFILE APPLICATION - An electrical connector for electrically connecting a central processing unit (CPU) to a printed circuit board (PCB) comprises an insulating housing having a plurality of passageways extending from a top surface to a bottom surface and a plurality of terminals received in the corresponding passageways. Each terminal includes a horizontal base portion with a solder ball attached thereto, a pair of upper legs extending upwardly from one end of the base portion and a pair of lower legs extending downwardly from the other end of the base portion. The upper legs abut against the top surface of the insulating housing and the lower legs abut against the bottom surface of the insulating housing for retaining the terminals in the insulating housing. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130090014 | CIRCUIT BOARD FOR AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - A circuit board includes a substrate having upper and lower sides, and first and second conductive vias extending between the upper and lower sides. The first and second conductive vias include circular outer profiles. The circuit board also includes a differential pair of conductive traces, which includes a first conductive trace having first upper and lower segments disposed on the upper and lower sides, respectively. The first upper and lower segments are electrically connected together through the first conductive via. The first upper segment is curved around the second conductive via such that the first upper segment follows the circular outer profile of the second conductive via. The differential pair of conductive traces also includes a second conductive trace having second upper and lower segments disposed on the upper and lower sides, respectively. The second upper and lower segments are electrically connected together through the second conductive via. The first upper segment crosses over the second lower segment. The second lower segment is curved around the first conductive via such that the second lower segment follows the circular outer profile of the first conductive via. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130095698 | SHIELDED CONNECTOR - A shielded connector includes a conductive body having a plurality of receiving holes formed through, a plurality of insulating members respectively fixed in the receiving holes, and a plurality of terminals respectively fixed to the insulating members. Each terminal has a contact portion exposed upward to the insulating member and a soldering portion exposed downward to the insulating member. The terminal and the conductive body are in an nonconductive state. The conductive body is formed by integral injection molding, which does not require pre-molding an insulating body having a plurality of receiving holes and plating metal layers in the receiving holes, so that the process is simple yet novel and the problem that metal layers easily peel off is solved while ensuring a stable and good shielding effect. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130102196 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - An electrical connector for connecting a cable includes an insulating housing with power contacts and signal contacts received therein, a power bus bar connecting with one power contact, and a spacer receiving the power bus bar. The insulating housing includes a mating face, a mounting face opposite to the mating face and defines first and second passageways extending therethrough. Each power contact forms a first engaging portion and a first contacting portion. Each signal contact forms a second engaging portion and a second contacting portion. The power bus bar has a main section extending along a first plane, a middle section extending from the main section, and a connecting section extending along a second plane perpendicular to the first plane. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130102197 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - An electrical connector includes an insulating housing, a number of power contacts and a number of signal contacts received in the insulating housing, and a power bus bar electrically and mechanically connecting with one power contact. The insulating housing defines an opening at a rear side thereof, and defines a number of first and second passageways extending therethrough and communicating with the opening The power contacts are received in corresponding first passageways and the signal contacts are received in corresponding second passageways. Each power contact is composed by a pair of opposite power contact halves. Each power contact half defines a contacting end and an engaging end opposite to the contacting end. A fish-shape slot is defined between the two engaging ends. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130102198 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - An electrical connector for connecting a cable includes an insulating housing with power contacts and signal contacts received therein, and a power bus bar connecting with one power contact. The insulating housing includes a mating face, a mounting face opposite to the mating face and defines first and second passageways extending therethrough. Each power contact forms a first engaging portion and a first contacting portion. Each signal contact forms a second engaging portion and a second contacting portion. The power bus bar has a main section extending along a first plane, a middle section extending from the main section, and a connecting section extending along a second plane perpendicular to the first plane. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130102199 | HERMAPHRODITIC INTERCONNECT SYSTEM - An electrical interconnect system employs electrical connectors in which the contacts are identical for both the male and the female side of the connection. Contacts are arranged in a linear header and multiple header pairs are arranged in a dielectric matrix or grid. The grid is an external dielectric frame capable of providing load bearing and geometry requirements. This arrangement results in a cost-effective construction that features very high electrical bandwidth capabilities and an extremely rugged product. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130122747 | CAVITIES CONTAINING MULTI-WIRING STRUCTURES AND DEVICES - An interconnection component includes an element with an opening, a plurality of conductors electrically insulted from one another extending through the opening, and a plurality of second contacts electrically insulated from one another. The element is comprised of a material having a coefficient of thermal expansion of less than 10 parts per million per degree Celsius. At least some of the conductors extend along at least one inner surface of the opening. The conductors define a plurality of wettable first contacts at the first surface. The first contacts are at least partially aligned with the opening in a direction of the thickness and electrically insulated from one another. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130130554 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR HAVING IMPEDANCE MATCHED INTERMEDIATE CONNECTION POINTS - An electrical wafer for electrically connecting to a printed circuit board. The electrical wafer includes an insulative housing and at least one signal conductor disposed in the insulative housing. The at least one signal conductor includes an intermediate portion having a connection point. The connection point includes first and second ends, at least one of which has a width greater than a portion of the at least one signal conductor outside the connection point. The insulative housing has at least one aperture exposing at least a portion of the connection point. A portion of the connection point may be punched out, and a passive circuit element may be placed within the at least one aperture and mounted to the connection point. Multiple electrical wafers may be coupled together by a stiffener and connected to a backplane connector. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130130555 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR AND CONNECTOR - There is provided an electrical connector including; a first connector having a first housing, a second connector which is mated with the first connector to be electrically connected thereto, a plurality of first connector terminals which are attached to the first housing, a plurality of through-holes which are formed in the first housing so as to be arranged in a predetermined direction and into which the first connector terminals are inserted; and a recess formed adjacently to the through-holes in the first housing. Accordingly, appearance of crack is suppressed even after the contact terminals are pressed-in by suppressing appearance of weld lines in the vicinity of through-holes. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130130556 | HIGH-CURRENT PLUG-IN CONNECTOR - A high-current plug-in connector for transmitting electrical currents, having a housing made of electrically conducting material, designed to mechanically and electrically connect to a cable, the housing having at least one open side for inserting a mating plug-in connector made of an electrically conducting material, and forming a chamber for accommodating the mating plug-in connector, and at least one contact element, which is arranged on the housing and designed so that the contact element establishes an electrical contact having a contact area and a contact pressure between the housing and the mating plug-in connector inserted into the housing, wherein the contact element is designed as a coil spring. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130130557 | TERMINAL CONNECTION STRUCTURE - A terminal connection structure which enables miniaturization and reliable connection of terminal fittings to each other is provided. A terminal connection structure | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130137304 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - An electrical connector is provided, including a housing, an inserting groove, a plurality of terminal-receiving grooves spaced with each other on two sidewalls of the housing and passing through a bottom plate of the housing, and a plurality of electrical terminals integrally formed in the terminal-receiving grooves by an insert molding method. Each electrical terminal includes a U-shaped latch portion. An outer surface of the latch portion protrudes out of a peripheral edge of the sidewall of the housing to prevent from producing the overflow plastic during the process of the insert molding. Moreover, the latch portion disposes a first and a second recesses on two opposite sides thereof. When the electrical connector is combined with a complementary connector, the first and the second recesses of each electrical terminal can form a two-position contact with a complementary terminal of the complementary connector for assuring a stable electrical transmission. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130137305 | CONNECTOR - Provided is a connector that can be firmly mounted on the substrate. A plug connector is mounted on a plug substrate while making a metal plate function as a plurality of contacts by an insulting layer formed on the metal plate and a plurality of conductive patterns formed on the insulating layer. A plurality of protrusions that protrude toward the plug substrate are formed on a substrate opposing surface, which is a surface opposite to the plug substrate. The plurality of conductive patterns are formed to respectively overlap the plurality of protrusions. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130143443 | CARD CONNECTOR - A card connector includes an insulating housing defining a card recess, first electrical terminals and second electrical terminals disposed in the insulating housing. Each first electrical terminal has a base strip, a first fixing arm, a first elastic arm extending forward and inclining upward from the first fixing arm, a second elastic arm slantwise extending forward and upward from a substantial middle of the base strip and apart located under the first elastic arm, and a contact portion protruding upward from a front end of the base strip and apart located under the second elastic arm. A distal end of the first elastic arm elastically stretches upward into the card recess, and can be pressed downward to resist against the second elastic arm so as to make the second elastic arm further contact with the contact portion when an electronic card is inserted into the card recess. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130143444 | Receptacle Connector - A receptacle connector is provided and includes an insulating case, a securing device and a cover. The insulating casing includes a plurality of terminal receiving passageways, a plug receiving space, a pair of protrusions on two sides of the plug receiving space. A securing device receiving space is disposed on one of the two sides. The securing device includes a horizontal portion, a first vertical portion and a second vertical portion extending downward from the horizontal portion, a first soldering portion extending horizontally from the first vertical portion, a second soldering portion extending horizontally from the second vertical portion. An engagement portion is positioned between the first vertical portion and the second vertical portion. The cover is pivotally connected to the insulating casing and includes a first protrusion receiving passageway and a second protrusion receiving passageway which communicate with each other and correspond in position with the pair of protrusions. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130143445 | INTERCONNECT SUBSTRATE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Provided is an interconnect substrate that includes a laminated body including an electric conductor and an insulator, over which an electronic element ( | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130149904 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A CONNECTOR HAVING A NARROW-PITCH CONTACT GROUP AND CONNECTOR - Preparation is made of first and second contact assemblies in each of which ends of a plurality of contacts are respectively coupled to a plurality of coupling portions of a carrier. The coupling portions of at least one of the first and second contact assemblies are bent so as to offset the contacts in a thickness direction of the carrier. Then, the first and second contact assemblies are combined together in a state where the carriers overlap each other and the contacts are aligned with and spaced apart from each other in the same plane. After integrating the contacts, the coupling portions are cut off. Then, the integrated contacts are collectively inserted into a shell. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130149905 | ELECTRIC CONNECTOR - The electric connector includes a housing having an opening and a bottom, the housing being formed at the bottom with a recess, at least one electric terminal projecting through a bottom of the recess into the housing, and a sealant layer composed of cured light-curing resin, the sealant layer at least partially filling the recess therewith. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130157510 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - An electrical connector adapted for electrically connecting with an electronic element includes an insulating housing and a plurality of terminals. The insulating housing defines a plurality of terminal grooves penetrating through a top face thereof. A plurality of convex blocks protrudes upward and is arranged regularly on the top face of the insulating housing. The terminals are received in the terminal grooves of the insulating housing. Each terminal has a contact portion projecting upward beyond the top face of the insulating housing from the terminal grooves for contacting with the electronic element. Tops of the contact portions are further higher than a plane determined by peaks of the convex blocks to ensure the contact portions of the terminals can be pressed down by the electronic element until the convex blocks resist against the electronic element. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130157511 | CONNECTION FOR A TWO-POLE ELECTRICAL DEVICE - The disclosure relates to a two-pole electrical device having a two conductor that allows for universal radial orientation of a mating connector and harness. A mating connector for the two-pole electrical device is also disclosed. The mating connector is fastened to the two-pole electrical device in a way to ensure secure connection in automotive and heavy duty applications. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130157512 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - An I/O connector has a housing that contains a plurality of individual terminal wafers containing terminal dedicated to either ground signals or differential signals. The terminals are arranged in widthwise order to define broadside coupled differential signal terminal pairs. The ground terminals are wider than the signal terminals to provide shielding to the differential signal pairs. The body portions of the ground terminals can include notches that provide for increased retention of the ground terminals in the wafer and provide increased flow for molding material during the formation of the wafers. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20130164986 | CONNECTORS WITH POWER AND SIGNAL CONTACT STRUCTURES - This disclosure generally pertains to connectors having a signal contact assembly containing a plurality of rod-shaped signal contact members, generally cylindrical dielectric material encasing the sides of the signal contact members and a generally cylindrical conductive shield in contact with the dielectric material. The signal contact assembly along with rod-shaped power contact members are placed in the connector. This combination can be considered to be in the nature of a connector within a connector. The connector can transmit data at 100 Mbps or greater along with power while minimizing the space required for the contacts. The connectors may be generally circular in cross-section. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130164987 | IMPEDANCE ADJUSTABLE CONNECTOR - A tuning body to be inserted into an electrical connector includes a base end and a plurality of ribs extending from the base end. The plurality of ribs is parallel or substantially parallel with respect to each other and is arranged to fit between electrical contacts of the electrical connector when the tuning body is inserted into the electrical connector. The electrical connector includes a first side wall, a second side wall, a first connector body arranged between the first side wall and the second side wall, and a second connector body arranged between the first side wall and second the second side wall. The second connector body is arranged a predetermined distance apart from the first connector body, and the electrical contacts of the electrical connector extend between the first connector body and the second connector body. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20130178104 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE PACKAGE BOX - An electronic device package box includes a base having a pin-protruding face and a first mounting face for mounting a plurality of electronic components thereto, a plurality of first pins mounted to the base for electrical connection with the electronic components and each including a first connection section protruding from the pin-protruding face, a cover connected to and cooperating with the base to define a packaging space, and a plurality of second pins mounted to the cover for electrical connection with a plurality of electronic components. The cover has a second mounting face for mounting the electronic components thereto. Each second pin includes a second connection section protruding from one of the base and the cover. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130178105 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR AND ASSEMBLING METHOD THEREOF - The present disclosure relates to an electrical connector and an assembling method thereof. The electrical connector includes a first insulating housing, a step-shaped second insulating housing, a plurality of first contacts, a plurality of second contacts, and a plurality of third contacts. The first and third contacts are exposed over the second insulating housing and face the same direction. The second contacts are exposed over the second insulating housing and face an opposite direction. The exposed first, second, and third contacts are capable of being soldered to a transmission cable. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130178106 | RECEPTACLE CONNECTOR AND ASSEMBLING METHOD THEREOF - A receptacle connector including a ladder-like insulative body, a plurality of first conductive contacts and a plurality of second conductive contacts. The first conductive contacts and the second conductive contacts are exposed toward the same side over one end of the insulative body. The first conductive contacts and the second conductive contacts can be soldered to a transmission wire for data transmission. The instant disclosure further comprises an assembling method of a receptacle connector. | 07-11-2013 |
| 20130196544 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH MULTIPLE DETECT MECHANISM THEREOF - An electrical connector, adapted for mounting to a mother board and mating with a plug, includes an insulative housing with a mating tongue forwardly extending therefrom, a plurality of contacts disposed in the housing with contacting sections exposed on the mating tongue and a metallic shell covering the housing. The metallic shell defines a mating cavity surrounding the mating tongue and has a plurality of spring tangs extending into the mating cavity. A detect member is assembled to a bottom of the electrical connector, and includes a printed circuit board with some dome switches under corresponding spring tang and some additional detection pins electrically connecting the dome switches. When the plug is inserted, the spring tangs will deflect downwardly and activate the dome switch. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130196545 | TERMINAL CONNECTION STRUCTURE - [Problem to be Solved] To provide a terminal connection structure which is downsized and which can easily connect terminal fixtures together without producing the variation in electric resistance between the terminal fixtures. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130203295 | CONNECTION ASSEMBLY FOR ELECTRICAL CABINET - A connection assembly for providing a plurality of connections to an interface block attached to a withdrawable unit in an electrical cabinet includes: an auxiliary contact block. the auxiliary contact block including: a first plurality of contact members for connection to the withdrawable unit; and attachment elements for attachment of the auxiliary contact block to a structural part of the electrical cabinet; and a connection block. the connection block including a plurality of contacts for providing wiring connections towards a cableway in the electrical cabinet. The connection block and the auxiliary contact block are separable. | 08-08-2013 |
| 20130210280 | ELECTRONIC CARD CONNECTOR - An electronic card connector comprises an insulating body defining a bottom surface and a top surface opposite to the bottom surface, and a plurality of terminals contained in the insulating body. Each terminal comprises a base comprising a main portion, a spring portion extending from the base, a contact portion extending from the spring portion to outside of the insulating body, a first soldering portion recessed in a first end of the base and a second soldering portion separated from the first soldering portion. The first soldering portion and the main portion form a slit therebetween. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130237095 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH A PUSH-IN TYPE CONTACT - An electrical connector includes a housing having outwardly extending sleeves for connection with a corresponding connector. The housing defines an aperture extending through the extending sleeves, and an electrically-conductive contact is retained within the interior space of the housing and extending into the aperture. The electrically-conductive contact has an end comprising a contact portion within the aperture and an opposite end comprising a push-in type contact element. A cap retains the contact within the interior space, enclosing the interior space, and defining a port to allow insertion of a conductor of various construction therethrough. | 09-12-2013 |
| 20130252467 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - An electrical connector includes an electrically insulative holder member, a signal module formed of a circuit board with longitudinal terminal holes, circuit lines, electrical contacts and via-holes, metal contact terminals and metal mounting terminals, and a metal shield. The metal contact terminals have rear soldering end portions thereof respectively soldered to respective circuit lines, front contact portions thereof positioned in front ends of the longitudinal terminal holes of the circuit board and middle suspension arms thereof connected between the rear soldering end portions and the front contact portions and suspending below the longitudinal terminal holes. The electrical contacts of the circuit board are positioned in respective bottom contact holes of the tongue plate. The circuit lines electrically connect the electrical contacts and the metal contact terminals to the via-holes. The surface area of each circuit line may be modified to adjust impedance, reducing interference. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130252468 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - An electrical connector for mounting onto a printed circuit board includes an insulating housing and a plurality of power contacts. The insulating housing has a number of dividing walls and a number of receiving passageways defined between the dividing walls. The plurality of power contacts is received in the corresponding receiving passageways, respectively. One of the dividing walls defines a heat dissipation cutout thereon for heat dissipation purpose. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130252469 | CONNECTION STRUCTURE AND CONNECTION UNIT OF ELETRONIC COMPONENT - A connection structure includes: a box-shaped housing having a bottom wall and side walls which extend from the bottom wall; an electronic component which is accommodated inside the housing; and a pair of terminals, being the same in shape, which are inserted into the housing vertically along planes of two side walls and placed on a placement surface of the bottom wall to be fixed inside the housing. Each terminal includes: a component-connection portion which is formed at a first end of the terminal to be electrically connected to the electronic component; and a press-contact terminal portion which is formed at a second end opposite to the first end and which has a notch to which an electric wire is to be press-fitted and electrically connected, wherein a surface in which the notch is formed extends in parallel to the placement surface of the bottom wall of the housing. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130260610 | AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLE INTERIOR PLASTIC PART HAVING A SUPPORT SURFACE CAPABLE OF WIRELESSLY SUPPLYING ELECTRICAL POWER - An automotive vehicle interior plastic part having a vibration and shock damping support surface capable of wirelessly supplying electrical power to a supported electronic device during vehicle motion is provided. A part of the surface includes first and second sets of conductive, anti-vibration and anti-shock thermoplastic pads. Another part of the surface includes a non-conductive or insulating, unitary, anti-vibration and anti-shock plastic substrate bonded to the different sets of pads. The substrate electrically insulates the first set of pads from the second set of pads. A power source coupling includes first and second conductive power traces. The first trace is electrically coupled to each of the first set of pads and the second trace is electrically coupled to each of the second set of pads. The first and second traces form separate conductive pathways and are operable for biasing the different sets of pads at different voltage levels. | 10-03-2013 |
| 20130267122 | CONTACT AND CONNECTOR WITH CONTACTS - A connector is provided to press-fit terminals in terminal-press-fitting holes of a housing, and electric contact parts of contacts are aligned in respective terminal-alignment grooves in the housing. A pair of concave pressed parts and a pair of curved convex parts are formed on opposite surfaces of the press-fit fixing part, respectively. The pair of concave pressed parts and the pair of curved convex parts are provided on opposite lateral ends of the press-fit fixing part with a predetermined gap to each remain a non-deformed part between the pair of concave pressed parts and between the pair of curved convex parts to be flat so that a first area of the second surface on which the non-deformed part is remained is flush with a second area continuous to the first area in the longitudinal direction of the press-fit fixing part. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130267123 | CONNECTOR WITH REINFORCED STRUCTURE - A connector includes: a terminal including a box part which covers a terminal-contact spring, a crimped part which holds a core wire, and a concave part formed between the box part and the crimped part; and a housing integrally including an insertion port from which the terminal is inserted, an accommodation chamber in which the terminal is accommodated, an band which constitute a part of the accommodation chamber and is put into a double end-supported state so that the elastic band is pressed and elastically deformed by the box part of the terminal when the terminal is inserted in the housing from the insertion port, a lance which protrudes from an intermediate part of the band to engage the concave part of the terminal, and a reinforcement part which protrudes from the lance toward a bottom side of the housing to enter in the concave part of the terminal. | 10-10-2013 |
| 20130273778 | HIGH-SPEED CONNECTOR WITH CONDUCTIVE PLASTIC BLOCKS IN CONTACT WITH CONTACT SECTIONS OF SIGNAL TERMINALS - The connector has an insulating base, a plurality of terminals, and at least two conductive plastic blocks. The insulating base has a tongue plate configured with at least an indentation. The terminals contains a first signal terminal set, a second signal terminal set, and a power terminal set configured on the tongue plate. The terminals are either positive or negative terminals, and each terminal has a contact section. The contact sections of the first signal terminal set are configured at a distance above the indentation. The conductive plastic blocks are in contact with the contact sections of the negative terminals of the first and second signal terminal sets, respectively. The distance provides additional contact area with the air so that the electrical property is improved and higher transmission speed is achieved. The shielding effect of the conductive plastic blocks reduces cross interference between adjacent terminals. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130273779 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR AND TERMINAL THEREOF - An electrical connector includes an insulating body provided with a plurality of receiving holes, and a plurality of terminals respectively received in the receiving holes. Each of the terminals has a base and at least one elastic arm bent upwards and extending from the base. The elastic arm is provided with a contact portion. When the contact portion receives a force in a first stage, the elastic arm is deformed mainly due to compression, and when the contact portion continuously receives a force in a second stage, the elastic arm is deformed mainly due to bending. The normal force received by the terminal is rapidly increased in the first stage, and is reduced and maintained at the low level in the second stage. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130273780 | CONNECTOR - A connector has contacts, a housing holding the contacts, and a holder member fixed to the housing and is adapted to be fitted with a mating connector along a predetermined fitting direction. The housing has a first lateral portion on a side fitted with the mating connector and a second lateral portion on the other side opposite thereto. Each of the contacts has contact press-fit portions press-fitted into the housing from the side of a second lateral portion. The holder member has a restricting portion which is arranged adjacent to the contact on the side of the second lateral portion in the fitting direction and which restricts movement of the contact toward the second lateral portion. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130273781 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - Electrical connector assemblies are provided that include electrical connectors having electrical contacts that have receptacle mating ends are provided. The connector housings of the provided electrical connectors include alignment members that are capable of performing staged alignment of components of the electrical connector assemblies. The provided electrical connector assemblies and the electrical connectors provided therein are capable of operating at a data transfer rate of forty gigabits per second with worst case multi-active cross talk that does not exceed a range of about two percent to about four percent. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130273782 | Terminal - For obtaining a terminal capable of being soldered to a substrate without causing trouble such as a short circuit or poor connection, a lead part | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130288528 | CONNECTING DEVICE - A connecting device is configured to be fitted into twp mating electrode connectors having power source electrodes, so that the power source electrodes are electrically connected. The connecting device for connecting the power source electrodes includes a housing member having an engaging portion having a recessed shape capable of engaging with the mating electrode connector. The connecting device includes a flat terminal with a flat plate shape being held with the housing member and a flexible braided wiring member connected to the flat terminal. The flexible braided wiring member is connected to a rear end portion of another flat terminal at both end portions thereof. The flat terminals at the both end portions of the flexible braided wiring member are held at middle portions thereof with separate housing members. Both surfaces of a front end portion of the flat terminal are exposed in the engaging portion of the housing member. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130288529 | MEZZANINE CONNECTOR - A two-piece mezzanine connector for high speed, high density signals. One piece of the connector may have conductive elements with beam-shaped mating contacts. The beams may include openings to control mechanical properties while allowing edge to edge spacing between adjacent beams to be selected to provide desired electrical properties. The openings may be teardrop shaped, with a larger width at a distal end of the beams. Beams associated with signal conductors may have openings that are shaped differently from openings of beams associated with ground conductors. For a first connector piece, mating contact regions of signal conductors may be wider than mating contact regions of ground conductors. For a second connector piece adapted to mate with the first connector piece, mating contact regions of signal conductors may be narrower than mating contact regions of ground conductors. These contact shapes may provide float while maintaining a high contact density. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130303026 | CONNECTOR - A memory connector with an increased pin interval is disclosed including a main body and a plurality of pins. The body includes a bottom, and the pins are disposed on the bottom along a longitudinal direction in an interlaced way. A recess is formed on the bottom of the main body corresponding to each of the pins at one end of the pin. The arrangement of the pins therein solves the problem of insufficient space for wiring lines of the main board, which is occurred frequently when the pins are fabricated by an SMD process, without increasing any manufacturing cost in particular. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130303027 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH IMPROVED METAL SHELL - An electrical connector includes a metal shell defining several walls and a mating cavity formed by the walls commonly, an insulative housing shielded by the metal shell, and a plurality of contacts set in the housing. The housing has a base portion and mating tongue disposed in the mating cavity, the plurality of contacts provide contacting portions exposed upon a mating face of the mating tongue. A first wall of the metal shell parallel to the mating face defines a latching arm extending into the mating cavity, and the latching arm defines a latching portion and a rigid grounding section for improving EMI shielding. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130303028 | CONNECTOR - Provided is a connector comprising a plurality of rows of contacts and minimized in a front-rear direction. A first contact | 11-14-2013 |
| 20130309910 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY - Electrical connectors for interconnecting circuit boards. One such connector includes an integral flange for mounting a guidance pin in any of multiple orientations. A corresponding keying block may have a polarization component that can be mounted in a corresponding number of positions. The connector can accept conductive elements with different shapes for signals and grounds, but the housing may be adapted to receive either type of contact in any contact location. Protection of contact elements from excessive yield is provided within the insulative housing of the backplane connector. On the daughter card connector, height difference between ground and signal contacts in wafer assemblies protects components from electrostatic discharge. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20130323976 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - An electrical connector includes an insulating body and a plurality of first terminals, disposed side by side in the insulating body. The insulating body is formed with at least two bridging-portion removal holes. Bridging portions between the first terminals are capable of being removed through the bridging-portion removal holes. The at least two bridging-portion removal holes are respectively formed through plate surfaces of the insulating body, and the at least two bridging-portion removal holes are arranged in a staggered manner in a front-to-rear direction. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130323977 | ELECTRIC CONNECTOR - Provided is a technique for achieving a narrower pitch without causing any problem in terms of contact force and strength at each contact point. A socket includes a frame body including an outer peripheral frame and a plurality of elongated slit frames arranged in parallel with each other on the inside of the outer peripheral frame; a plurality of contact blocks inserted between the adjacent slit frames and held on the frame body; and a reinforcement frame formed separately from the frame body and mounted on the frame body so as to intersect the slit frames. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130323978 | CONNECTOR - A connector includes a housing, a plurality of first terminals, a plurality of second terminals and a terminal positioning seat. The housing has an upright base and a tongue plate. Each first terminal has a first fixed portion, a first extension portion and a first tail portion. Each second terminal has a second fixed portion, a second extension portion and a second tail portion. The first and second extension portions are bent and extend laterally, and are arranged as two rows in a front-rear direction behind an upright portion of the housing. The terminal positioning seat is assembled with the base of the housing, and has a base portion and an assembly portion extending upwardly from the base portion. The assembly portion has a partition plate, and the partition plate is positioned between the first extension portions and the second extension portions. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130323979 | CONNECTOR - Each terminal member of a first connector includes a protruding terminal, and each terminal member of a second connector includes an opening able to accommodate a protruding terminal. The terminal members form a plurality of rows at a fixed interval in the width direction of the main body portion, and each terminal member is staggered in the width direction with respect to the terminal member in the adjacent row. At least the terminal members on the first connector or the second connector are connected to the tip of the plurality of parallel wiring provided in a different layer than the terminal member in the main body portion. | 12-05-2013 |
| 20130330971 | CONNECTOR - A connector capable of realizing a narrower pitch of contact members, and suppressing displacement of the contact members. A connector comprises a frame and a plurality of contact members held by the frame. The contact members held by the frame are elastically deformed by being sandwiched between an IC package and a printed board. At this time, terminal portions of the IC package and terminal portions of the printed board are electrically connected via a plurality of conductive path portions of each contact member. The frame is formed by a frame portion, a plurality of longitudinal ribs extending in a manner bridging the frame portion, and a plurality of transverse ribs extending orthogonal to the longitudinal ribs in a manner bridging the frame portion. The contact members are held in slits formed by the longitudinal ribs and the transverse ribs. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130330972 | CONNECTOR AND FORMING METHOD THEREOF - A connector comprises a first contact, a housing and an arrangement member other than the housing. The first contact has a contact portion and a terminal portion. The housing holds the contact portion of the first contact so that the contact portion extends along a first direction. The housing is provided with an engaged portion. The arrangement member holds the terminal portion of the first contact so that the terminal portion extends along a second direction intersecting the first direction. The arrangement member is provided with an engaging portion. The engaging portion engages the engaged portion in a direction intersecting the second direction so that the arrangement member is held by the housing and the terminal portion of the first contact is bent to extend along the second direction. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130337692 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR FOR CONNECTING TO CABLES - An electrical connector includes an insulative housing, a contact module inserted into the insulative housing, a metal shell locked to the insulative housing, a number of cables and an outer shell over-molding the metal shell and the cables. The contact module includes an insulative block and a number of contacts embedded in the insulative block. The contacts include a plurality of cantilevered contacting portions extending beyond the insulative block and a plurality of soldering pads exposed on the insulative block. The cantilevered contacting portions of all the contacts overlap each other from a side view, while the soldering pads of all the contacts are alternately arranged in two parallel planes, respectively, from the side view. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20130337693 | CONNECTOR - A connector includes: a terminal; a housing; a rear holder; and a rubber plug. A terminal receiving chamber of the housing is provided with: a first receiving portion receiving a wire connecting portion, an electric wire connected to the wire connecting portion, and a rubber plug; a second receiving portion; and a step wall interposed between the first and second receiving portions and allowing a flange portion formed on the wire connecting portion to abut on the step wall. The rubber plug is composed of a ring-shaped packing attached to the electric wire and keeping a space between an outer peripheral wall of the electric wire and an inner wall of the first receiving portion watertight, and a resin member. The resin member is provided with a buried portion buried in the packing, and a cylinder portion extended from the buried portion and interposed between the flange and the packing. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20130344741 | CONNECTOR - A connector capable of improving the contact stability. Linear cores of contact members and wires of an insulating holder are weaved to thereby form a net. Conductive path portions of the contact members are disposed such that they extend through a mesh. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20130344742 | CONNECTOR AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF - Provided is a connector which ensures a sufficient contact pressure at a low cost and has a long connection life and also provide a fabrication method the connector. The connector | 12-26-2013 |
| 20130344743 | Contact Pin, Header Connector and Connector Assembly - The invention relates to a contact pin having longitudinal surfaces bulged to define opposite contact lines extending in longitudinal direction of the contact pin, wherein in cross section of the contact pin the plane through the two opposite contact lines is offset from the cross sectional centre of the contact pin. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20130344744 | PRESS-INSERTION CONNECTOR - The invention relates to a connector comprising:
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| 20140004744 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH TWO GROUNDING BARS | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140004745 | HOUSINGLESS CONNECTOR | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140004746 | HIGH PERFORMANCE CONNECTOR CONTACT STRUCTURE | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140004747 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140017947 | CONNECTOR - A device-side connector ( | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140017948 | BUTTED CONNECTOR - When terminal containing holes are slid in a direction, which intersects orthogonally with a direction along the housing central axes, from respective positions in which these holes are displaced in the direction that intersects orthogonally with the direction along the housing central axes, connection of a pair of connector housings is completed, and also top ends of the butted terminals installed into the connector housings respectively are engaged with each other and the top ends are brought into their butted state. Also, when the top ends of the butted terminals are engaged with top ends of the counter butted terminals, the top-end positioning pieces of the butted terminals are engaged with the counter butted terminals respectively, and restrict a disengagement from the counter butted terminals in the axial direction respectively. | 01-16-2014 |
| 20140024260 | EMI PROOF AND DUST PROOF CONNECTOR PLUG FOR USE WITH A RECEPTACLE CONNECTOR HAVING TWO RESILIENT PLATES - A plug connector for use with a receptacle connector having at least two resilient plates has a metal shell having at least two recesses defined in a side face thereof to correspond to and receive the at least two resilient plates of the receptacle connector therein and an insulating housing securely received in the metal shell and having multiple terminals therein. | 01-23-2014 |
| 20140030925 | LOW PROFILE ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - An electrical connector for electrically connecting a central processing unit (CPU) to a printed circuit board (PCB) includes a housing, a number of contacts, and a number of solder balls. The housing has a number of passageways extending passing through the housing and a number of protrusions located outside the passageways and corresponding the passageways one-to-one. A number of contacts partially are disposed in the passageways and each has a hole to match with the protrusion and secure the contacts on the housing. A number of solder balls are connected with corresponding contacts. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140030926 | CONNECTOR - Provided with a first connector part to connect a first cable, a second connector part to connect a second cable, and to fit with a first connector part, thereby ensuring electrical connection between a first cable and a second cable, and a housing to hold a second connector part rotatably around an axial direction of a second cable. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140038464 | CABLE CONNECTOR AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A cable connector and a manufacturing method thereof. The method includes: providing an insulation body, putting a terminal that has a receiving portion into the insulation body, preparing at least one groove on a cable, in which the cable has a first part inserted in the insulation body and a second part extending out of the insulation body, and the groove is provided on the first part, pressing the cable, so that a side edge of the receiving portion pierces the cable at the groove, thereby electrically connecting the terminal and an inner conductor of the cable. The groove enables the terminal to pierce the cable easily, implementing desirable electrical connection between the inner conductor and the terminal, and also stops the cable in the extending direction of the cable, preventing the cable from escaping. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140038465 | SHIELDING SOCKET WITH TWO PIECES CONTACTS AND TWO PIECES HOUSING COMPONENTS - An electrical connector for electrically connecting a chip module with a printed circuit board includes an upper component, a lower component assembled on the upper component and a number of terminals, the upper component includes a number of upper tabs and the lower component includes a number of lower tabs. The terminals include a number of upper terminals and a number of lower terminals matched with the upper terminals. The upper terminals received in the upper component and the lower terminals received in the lower component; wherein the pressing of the terminal can transform the vertical movement of the upper terminal to the horizontal movement of the lower terminal. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140038466 | MODULE CONNECTOR FOR UNINTERRUPTED COMMUNICATION - A module connector ( | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140045381 | JOINT CONNECTOR - For providing a joint connector which is miniaturized and general-purpose by designing an interval between needle shape terminal portions same as an interval between terminals of the general-purpose connector, the joint connector | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140045382 | Electrical Connector - An electrical connector having a body having a shoulder receiving recess formed in a terminal end wall, and a plurality of contacts positioned in the body. Each contact has a pin projecting from a terminal end of the body. Each pin has a base with a pair of protruding shoulders. | 02-13-2014 |
| 20140051295 | CABLE HEADER CONNECTOR - A cable header connector includes a cable including a pair of signal wires, a contact sub-assembly terminated to the cable and a ground shield providing electrical shielding for the contact sub-assembly. The contact sub-assembly has a mounting block having contact channels therein. The contact sub-assembly has a pair of signal contacts each received in corresponding contact channels and held in the contact channels by an interference fit. The contact channels receive corresponding signal wires of the cable and position the signal wires in position adjacent to the corresponding signal contacts. The signal contacts are laser welded to the signal wires of the cable at terminating ends of the signal contacts after being positioned in the contact channels. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140051296 | METHOD OF FORMING COLORED APPEARANCE AND CONDUCTIVE CASING - A method of forming a colored appearance suitable for forming a colored appearance for a conductive casing of a connector is provided. The conductive casing has a body and at least one lead. The lead extends from the body. The method of forming a colored appearance includes the following steps. A surface of the conductive casing is roughened. A conductive metal layer is formed on the roughened surface of the conductive casing. A shielding layer is formed on a part of the conductive metal layer located on the lead. A colorful conductive layer is formed on the conductive casing. The shielding layer and a part of the colorful conductive layer located on the shielding layer are removed to expose the part of the conductive metal layer on the lead. Therefore, the conductive casing has a colored appearance. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140051297 | CARD CONNECTOR - A card connector includes an insulating housing having two side walls of which an inside defines an inserting fillister, electrical terminals including a switch terminal which has a first contact arm and a first contact tail protruding from a free end of the first contact arm, and an upper shielding shell covered on the insulating housing and having two side plates of which one is die-cut to form a connecting slice inserted in the inserting fillister. A bottom of the connecting slice is bent inward to form a ground slice. The card connector utilizes the cooperation of a controlling switch of an electronic card and the first contact arm to control connection and disconnection between the first contact tail and the ground slice so as to further control a write procedure of the electronic card, wherein the controlling switch is movable between a closed position and an open position. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140051298 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR AND ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY - A connector assembly includes a male connector and a female connector. The male connector includes a first insulation shell, and a number of first metal terminals received in the first shell. The female connector includes a second insulation shell and a number of second metal terminals received in the second shell. When the male connector is inserted into the female connector, the first metal terminals and the second metal terminals are insulated from static electricity by the first and second insulation shells. | 02-20-2014 |
| 20140057494 | HIGH-FREQUENCY ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - An electrical connector with improved high frequency performance. The connector has conductive elements, forming both signal and ground conductors, that have multiple points of contact distributed along an elongated dimension. The ground conductors may be formed with multiple beams of different length. The signal conductors may be formed with multiple contact regions on a single beam, with different characteristics. Signal conductors may have beams that are jogged to provide both a desired impedance and mating contact pitch. Additionally, electromagnetic radiation, inside and/or outside the connector may be shaped with an insert electrically connecting multiple ground structures and/or a contact feature coupling ground conductors to a stiffener. The conductive elements in different columns may be shaped differently to reduce crosstalk. | 02-27-2014 |
| 20140065883 | MATING CONTACTS FOR HIGH SPEED ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS - An electrical interconnection system with high speed, high density electrical connectors. One of the connectors includes a mating contact portion that generates contact force as it is compressed against a wall of the connector housing. The mating contact portion has multiple segments, each with a contact region extending from the wall, such that multiple points of contact to a complementary mating contact portion in a mating connector are provided for mechanical robustness. Additionally, each signal path through the mating interface portions of the connectors can be narrow and has a relatively uniform cross section to provide a uniform impedance. Additional size reduction may be achieved by mounting a ground contact on an exterior surface of a connector housing in alternating rows. Additionally, embodiments in which a wavy contact is used in a cantilevered configuration are also described. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140065884 | CABLE ASSEMBLY HAVING AN IMPROVED WIRE MANAGEMENT - A cable assembly comprises an insulative housing; a plurality of terminals received into the insulative housing; a cable electrically connected to the plurality of terminals. The cable comprises two differential pairs of signal wires. Each differential pair of signal wires comprises two signal wires, a grounding wire and a shielding layer surrounding the two signal wires and a grounding wire. Front end regions of the signal wires and the grounding wires are exposed out of the shielding layer. And, a wire management is assembled to a rear end of the insulative housing and defines a plurality of channels respectively plated with an electroplated layer. The front end regions of the signal wires and the grounding wires are respectively passed through the plurality of channels and electrically connected to the corresponding terminals. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140073190 | SOCKET CONNECTOR WITH A SUB-SHELL FLEXIBLY CONNECT WITH A PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD - A socket connector ( | 03-13-2014 |
| 20140087590 | Vertical Contact for Shielded Sockets - A conductive contact includes a hollow cylinder, a spring strip and a contact head. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140099827 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH CARRIER FRAME LOADING ELECTRONIC PACKAGE - An electrical connector for use with an electronic package, includes an insulative housing defining an upward facing cavity, a plurality of contacts disposed in the cavity of the insulative housing with contacts sections extending into the cavity, and a carrier frame mounted to the insulative housing and having a main body defining an opening for allowing part of the electronic package passing through the opening. The carrier frame assembles to the insulative housing having a preliminary alignment state and a final alignment state. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140099828 | CONNECTOR - A connector which, when two contacts contact a connection object at positions different from each other in the insertion/extraction direction of the connection object, suppresses deflection of the connection object without increasing a pressing member size. The connector configured so, when the pressing member is rotated to a closed position, a pressing plate is brought into surface contact with the other thickness direction surface of a flexible circuit while pressed by a pressing member pressing portion, and a range including the contact positions between the flexible circuit and first and second contacts is pressed from the side of the other thickness direction surface of the flexible circuit via the pressing plate, so one thickness direction surface of the flexible circuit is brought into press-contact with the first and second contacts. Deflection of the flexible circuit is suppressed by the pressing plate, and the pressing member size need not be increased. | 04-10-2014 |
| 20140106620 | CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY - A connector assembly includes a female connector and a mal connector. The female connector includes a first main body and a number of slots defined in the first main body, and each slot receives a conductive terminal therein. First and second row conductive terminals are arranged along an opposite direction. A number of cables are attached to the first main body and electrically connected to the conductive terminals. A male connector includes a second main body and a number of conductive pins extend through the second main body. Third row conductive pins are corresponding to the first row conductive terminals. Fourth row conductive pins are corresponding to the second row conductive terminals. The connector assembly can transmit signals normally whatever the male connector is plugged to the female connector. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140113493 | CONNECTOR FOR PLACEMENT IN BOARD OPENING - Connector receptacles that may have a reduced height when combined with a printed circuit board and reduce wasted space inside an electronic device. One example may provide a connector receptacle that fits in an opening in a printed circuit board. The connector receptacle may also be angled at an oblique angle relative to the printed circuit board such that its face may be flush with a highly stylized device enclosure. | 04-24-2014 |
| 20140120773 | DISPLAY PANEL MOUNTING ADAPTER FOR INDUSTRIAL CONTROL SYSTEM - A system for fittingly mounting a display panel onto a controller of an industrial control system is provided. The system includes a display panel adapter plate that attaches to a display panel, and a panel adapter plate that attaches to an industrial controller cabinet or door. The display panel adapter and the panel adapter plate includes complimentary tension connectors that mate to fixedly attach the display panel adapter to the panel adapter plate, thereby connecting the display panel to the controller cabinet In at least one embodiment, the display panel adapter also includes a compute engine mount that attaches a compute engine to the display panel via the display panel adapter in at least another embodiment, the display panel adapter also includes a tether mount that allows the display panel to interlace with a remote compute engine. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140120774 | SUBSTRATE FOR POWER MODULE HAVING UNIFORM PARALLEL SWITCHING CHARACTERISTIC AND POWER MODULE INCLUDING THE SAME - Provided are a substrate for a power module having a uniform parallel switching characteristic and a power module including the same. The substrate for the power module includes a plurality of areas on which input terminals are mounted, an area on which an output terminal is mounted, a plurality of areas on which devices are mounted, and an area on which a plurality of control pins are mounted. The plurality of areas on which the devices are mounted are bilaterally symmetric about the area on which the plurality of control pins are mounted. The plurality of areas on which the input terminals are mounted, respectively, are provided into three areas spaced apart from each other and bilaterally symmetric to each other. The plurality of areas on which the device are mounted are bilaterally symmetric about the area on which the control pins are mounted. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140120775 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - An electrical connector comprising an insulative housing, a plurality of terminals, a detect pin and a shell, includes a insulative housing having a terminal seat extending forwardly from a base portion and configuring a tongue, and defining a receiving room between bottom of the tongue and a shell, and a plurality of terminals installed in the terminal seat containing nineteen pins compacting to transmit first-type signals and with one plus pin compacting to transmit second-type signals, and a shell accommodating the insulative housing and including a first arm and a second arm. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140127945 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH IMPROVED RETENTION STRUCTURE - An electrical connector mountable on a printed circuit board includes an insulative housing and pairs of power contacts. Each power contact has a contacting portion, a tail portion and an intermediate portion interconnecting the contacting portion and the tail portion. The intermediate portion is provided with a retention element in a rear edge thereof extending towards an inside wall of a passageway defined through the insulative housing. Each inside wall of the passageway forms a bump thereon extending along an insertion direction of a complementary connector. The retention element rides on the bump to thereby prevent an involuntarily anti-clockwise movement of the insulative housing with respect to the printed circuit board. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140134882 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH DUAL CONTACT HALVES - An electrical connector includes an insulative housing having a plurality of passageways and a number of contacts restricted in the insulative housing. Each contact includes an upper contact half sliding in the passageways and a lower contact half supporting the upper contact half. The upper contact half has three curve sections and the lower contact half has two curve sections. When a force is applied to the upper contact half, the upper and lower contact halves are wiping each other and both are deflectable in vertical and transverse directions. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140134883 | Electric Connection Terminal and Connector Including the Same - When a second junction portion of a terminal is pressed in the opposite direction of the direction of contact with a mating terminal, a first junction portion attempts to be displaced relatively in the direction of contact with the mating terminal as compared to the second junction portion while in a of state contact with the mating terminal, and accordingly, contact pressure of the first junction portion as to the mating terminal increases. Thus, after the mating terminal comes into contact with the first junction portion, contact pressure of the first junction portion as to the mating terminal is not reduced even when the mating terminal comes into contact with the second junction portion. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140141651 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - An electrical connector includes an insulating housing having an erect base body and an erect tongue board, a plurality of conductive terminals of which each has a fastening arm vertically disposed in the base body, a contact arm elastically projecting sideward out of a side face of the tongue board, and a touching arm projecting rearward out from a bottom of the base body, a front shell mounted rearward to the insulating housing with the tongue board and the contact arms being apart located therein, and a rear shell covered to the base body and over the touching arms. The touching arms are horizontally arranged at regular intervals along a transverse direction. The electrical connector is mounted onto the circuit board with the touching arms being elastically against and pressed upward by the circuit board to form electrical connection with the circuit board. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140148058 | COMPLIANT PIN CONNECTOR MOUNTING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A compliant pin connector mounting system includes a connector housing, a plurality of contacts each disposed in the connector housing and each including a compliant portion and at least one load bearing surface, and a mounting tool arranged to fit into the connector housing and to contact the at least one load bearing surface of each of the plurality of contacts so as to apply a downward force directly to each of the plurality of contacts. The compliant portion of each of the plurality of contacts is arranged to be aligned with a respective hole in a substrate such that when the downward force is applied directly to the at least one load bearing surface of each of plurality of contacts by the mounting tool, the compliant portion of each of the plurality of contacts is press fit into the respective hole in the substrate. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140148059 | CONNECTOR WITH FRAMES - A connector has a housing with a first face of the housing. The housing supports a plurality of wafers, each wafer supporting a plurality of terminals and including grooves, the grooves aligned with the terminals supported by the wafer. The housing may be positioned in a cage that includes receptacles on a front face of the cage. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140154923 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE - An electrical connector, including a shell, a housing and a plurality of metal terminals, configures a chamber that several ribs allocate the chamber with terminal recesses, a ramped portion being formed at the bottom of chamber, the terminals pass through terminal recesses in which the terminals are assembled amid housing, among the sections of the terminals, a contact section forming a engagement in front of the ramped portion of chamber. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140187091 | CONNECTOR - A connector comprises a shell and a detection terminal. The shell is formed with a spring portion, which has a front end of a fixed end and extends rearwards. The spring portion includes a pressed portion and a contact portion. The pressed portion is pressed by a mating connector upon insertion of the mating connector into the connector along a front-rear direction. The contact portion is movable in a predetermined direction perpendicular to the front-rear direction. The shell and the detection terminal distinct and separated from the shell form a detection switch. A state of the detection switch is changed due to the movement of the contact portion in the predetermined direction when the pressed portion is pressed by the mating connector, so that the insertion of the mating connector is detected. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140187092 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - An electrical connector includes a body, a trace, a terminal, and an engaging element. The body includes a recessed groove. The trace includes a first contact portion and a connection segment. The first contact portion is formed on a surface of the body and connected to the connection segment. The connection segment is formed on an inner surface of the recessed groove. The terminal is supported by the body and comprises a second contact portion. The terminal is partially exposed in the recessed groove and the second contact portion extends out of the body. The engaging element is provided in the recessed groove and electrically connect the connection segment and the terminal. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140187093 | CABLE ASSEMBLY WITH IMPROVED WIRE MANAGEMENT - A cable assembly comprises: an insulative housing; a plurality of contacts received into the insulative housing; a spacer assembled to a rear end of the insulative housing; a wire management assembled to a rear end of the spacer, and a cable electrically connected to the rear ends of the plurality of contacts. The wire management defines a plurality of first and second channels formed on top surfaces. Each of second channel defines a rear inlet and two front outlets. The cable comprises several pairs of signal wires received into the corresponding second channels. Each differential pair of signal wires comprises two signal conductors, a grounding conductor and a shielding layer surrounding the two signal conductors and a grounding conductors. Two front ends of the two signal conductors are exposed out of the shielding layer and extending out of the wire management through two outlets. | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140187094 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR HAVING A PAIR OF METALLIC SHELLS - An electrical connector ( | 07-03-2014 |
| 20140199890 | PLUG AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - A plug for an electrical plug-type connector includes a plurality of plug contacts, which are electrically connected or connectable to a corresponding number of connecting elements, for example insulation displacement contacts, clamping contacts or possibly also soldered joints, each for connecting one electrical cable core. Per plug contact, one conductor is formed as a conductor track which is grown three-dimensionally on the surface of a plug body in the form of a cast plastics part and adheres there, and which both forms the plug contact and electrically connects the plug contact to the connecting element. | 07-17-2014 |
| 20140213112 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREVENTING ACCESS TO ELECTRICAL CONTACTS - An electrical contact device may include an insulating first body having a first surface, one or more electrical contacts received in the first body and protruding a distance from the first surface, and an insulating second body configured to prevent access by an object such as a human body portion to the protruding electrical contacts. The second body may include a first side wall and a second side wall which are configured to allow the one or more electrical contacts protruding from the first surface to be interposed between the first and second side walls. The first and second side walls may define a width smaller than a dimension of an object such as a body portion so that access by the object to the one or more electrical contacts protruding from the first surface can be prevented. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140213113 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR AND ELECTRICAL CONTACTS OF THE SAME - An electrical contact for being loaded in an electrical connector electrically connecting an IC module to a printed circuit board (PCB) includes a first contact, a second contact and an elastic arm. The first contact includes a first mating portion and a first connecting portion. The first mating portion defines a first contacting end for connecting with the IC socket. The second contact includes a second mating portion and a second connecting portion. The second contacting portion defines a second contacting end for connecting with the PCB. The first and second connecting portions are coupled with each other, the first elastic element rings around the first mating portion of the first contact and presses against the second connecting portion of the second contact. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140213114 | CONNECTOR AND MATING CONNECTOR CONNECTABLE TO THE SAME - The invention provides a connector including a body, first, second, third, and fourth terminals, and first and second connection objects. The body includes a first recess including a first bottom and a first side wall, and a second recess including a second bottom and a second side wall. The first terminal includes a first connecting portion provided in or on the first bottom, or with clearance from the first bottom. The second terminal includes a second connecting portion provided in or on the first side wall. The third terminal includes a third connecting portion provided in or on the second bottom, or with clearance from the second bottom. The fourth terminal includes a fourth connecting portion provided in or on the second side wall. The first connection object is connected to the first and second connecting portions. The second connection object is connected to the third and fourth connecting portions. | 07-31-2014 |
| 20140220826 | Electrical Connector - An electrical connector includes a body, a soldering portion, an insertion arm, a through hole, and a conductive layer. The soldering portion is disposed on the body. The insertion arm protrudes from the body, and has at least one contact portion. The through hole is formed in the body. One end of the through hole is connected to the soldering portion, and the other end of the through hole is formed through the insertion arm. The conductive layer extends along an inner wall of the through hole from the soldering portion to the insertion arm, and connects the contact portion. The conductive layer is disposed on the body and the insertion arm to achieve an electrical contact effect. Since the body and the insertion arm are conducted through the conductive layer in the through hole, the electrical connector is easy-to-manufacture without requiring assembly of terminals. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140235106 | CONTACT CONFIGURATION FOR UNDERTAKING TESTS ON CIRCUIT BOARD - An electronic structure (for example a reliability board or a cycling control module) has a body including a body portion insertable into a connector. A plurality of contact structures are provided on a side of the body portion, each contact structure comprising a first contact and a second contact spaced from the first contact, with the first and second contacts of each contact structure being aligned in the direction of insertion of the body portion into the connector. A corresponding second plurality of contact structures is provided on a side of the body portion opposite the first—mentioned side. These contacts connect with respective corresponding contacts of the connector. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140242844 | High Speed Bypass Cable For Use With Backplanes - A cable bypass assembly is disclosed for use in providing a high speed transmission line for connecting a chip, or processor mounted on a circuit board to a backplane. The bypass cable assembly has a structure that maintains the geometry of the cable in place from the chip to the connector and then through the connector. The connector includes a plurality of conductive terminals and shield members arranged within an insulative support frame in a manner that approximates the structure of the cable so that the impedance and other electrical characteristics of the cable may be maintained as best is possible through the cable termination and the connector. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140256185 | FRONT SLED ASSEMBLIES FOR COMMUNICATION JACKS AND COMMUNICATION JACKS HAVING FRONT SLED ASSEMBLIES - The present invention generally relates to communication connectors and internal components thereof. In one embodiment, the present invention is a communication jack comprising both front-rotated and back rotated plug interface contacts. In another embodiment, the present invention is a communication jack comprising a two-piece front sled. In yet another embodiment, the present invention is a communication jack that retains its functionality when mated with both eight-position and six-position plugs. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140256186 | LOW PROFILE MALE CONNECTOR - Various embodiments of low profile male connectors are described. In one embodiment, a connector includes a plug housing having a depth and an interior cavity designed to accommodate pins that extend within the interior cavity in a direction of the depth. The plug housing may be designed to be fully insertable into a receptacle connector of an electronic device, and to have a rear surface that conforms with a shape of an exterior surface of the electronic device. The pins arranged in the plug housing may include various features, such as connecting portions protruding from the plug housing at an angle of approximately 90 degrees for coupling to a cable, bases including cutouts for extending a length of an elongated shaft of the pin, barbs for engaging the plug housing, and limit stops for distributing a force applied to the elongated shaft upon engagement with a receiving pin. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140273642 | SHUNT FOR ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - A shunt for an electrical connector comprising a conductive body having two resilient leg extensions connecting at a hinge, each of the leg extensions terminating at a tail end, is provided. The tail ends extend outwardly away from one another, and each of the leg extensions have at least one contact point on an outer surface thereof for engaging a contact of the electrical connector. The leg extensions curve such that they converge toward one another at a substantially center portion of the conductive body and diverge from one another at at least one other portion of the conductive body that is not the center portion of the conductive body. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140273643 | TERMINAL MODULE - A terminal module is applied in an electrical connector having an insulating body, and includes first terminals, a first fixing bracket, second terminals, and a second fixing bracket. The first terminals and the second terminals are arranged parallel to each other along the same direction. The first fixing bracket is configured to fix the first terminals and the second fixing bracket is configured to fix the second terminals. The first fixing bracket is provided with a positioning hole extending along the arrangement direction of the first terminals. Furthermore, a positioning portion protrudes from the second fixing bracket in the direction towards the first fixing bracket, and corresponds to the positioning hole. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140287627 | MATING INTERFACES FOR HIGH SPEED HIGH DENSITY ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS - Mating interfaces for an electrical connector are provided. In some embodiments, a mating interface comprises: a plurality of conductive elements positioned in a plurality of columns, each of the plurality of conductive elements comprising: a sheet of conductive material formed into a three dimensional structure such that the conductive material is disposed on at least two sides of an opening adapted to receive a mating conductive element; and at least one tab cut in the sheet, the at least one tab comprising a mating contact surface facing the opening and adapted to make contact to the mating conductive element. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140287628 | Connector - A connector is disclosed with an insulating body. A plurality of contacts are positioned in the insulating body. The plurality of contacts include a group of first contacts with a first length, and a group of second contacts with a second length less than the first length. Each second contact is positioned in a gap between two adjacent first contacts. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140295708 | CONNECTOR - A connector includes female terminals ( | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140295709 | CONNECTOR - A connector includes a plurality of metal terminal fittings connected to terminals of electric wires, a plurality of molded housings molded to connection parts of the electric wires and the metal terminal fittings to cover the connection parts, and an overmolded housing which accommodates and holds the plurality of molded housings. The plurality of molded housings are molded in a structure integrated by carrier portions that connect the adjacent molded housings to each other and are collectively integrated into the overmolded housing. The carrier portions have cross-section dimensions set to be smaller than those of the molded housing and have flexibility. An arrangement pitch between the adjacent molded housings are adjusted when the plurality of molded housings are collectively integrated into the overmolded housing. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140315437 | LOW PROFILE CONNECTOR - An electrical connector is used to mount to a circuit board. The electrical connector comprises a housing having a spacer, a cage and a terminal block. The cage is engaged with the housing, the cage and the housing together are provided on the circuit board and the spacer is spaced apart from the circuit board, so as to together define a first slot positioned above the spacer and a receiving space positioned under the spacer and is adjacent to the circuit board. The terminal block comprises an insulative plate positioned in the receiving space and the insulative plate is parallel to and spaced apart from the spacer so as to in turn form a second slot in the receiving space. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140315438 | INTERFACE CONNECTOR - An interface connector includes a housing, a plurality of contacts, and a square tube shaped shell. The housing integrally forms a header portion and a frame portion. The plurality of contacts is arranged in parallel on one face of the header portion, the shell is attached so as to cover an outer face of the housing. The shell includes a highly solderable layer formed on an inner face and an outer face including a plate-thickness face thereof, a pair of locking strips soldered to the printed circuit board, and an opening portion that is exposed outward and through which a counterpart housing is inserted and extracted, the opening portion including an end part (a plate-thickness face) of the opening portion which is turned black by laser irradiation. | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140315439 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH HIGH RELIABILITY - An electrical connector ( | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140315440 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR HAVING IMPROVED CHARACTERISTIC IMPEDANCE - An electrical connector ( | 10-23-2014 |
| 20140322980 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH A MATING PORT FOR DIFFERENT TRANSPORTING INTERFACES - An electrical connector defines perpendicular first direction and second direction and includes a housing and a plurality of contacts. The housing includes a base portion and a first mating portion. The mating portion defines opposite first mating face and second mating face. The contacts are arranged in the housing in the second direction and include mating portions respectively exposed upon the first mating face and the second mating face and tails protruding from the housing. The contacts include several high-speed signal groups and each includes a pair of signal contacts and a grounding contact. The mating portions of the pair of signal contacts are located at the second mating face while the mating portion of the grounding contact is located at the first mating face. Three mating portions of each high-speed signal group are shaped as a triangle from a view along the first direction. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140322981 | LOW VOLTAGE POWER RECEPTACLE FOR MODULAR ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS - A low voltage power receptacle assembly is provided for use in a modular electrical system. The receptacle assembly includes a housing that defines an internal cavity for receiving and protecting various high and low voltage electrical components, and for providing convenient access to low voltage power outlets associated therewith. The receptacle assembly houses at least two electrical bus bars that are spaced apart and that conduct line voltage received from a relatively high voltage power input. A low voltage transformer has at least two electrical contacts for engaging the electrical bus bars, and is operable to convert the line voltage to a lower output voltage at the power outlets. An isolator body has a non-conductive wall positioned between the electrical bus bars to maintain electrical isolation thereof. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140335732 | HIGH DATA RATE CONNECTORS AND CABLE ASSEMBLIES THAT ARE SUITABLE FOR HARSH ENVIRONMENTS AND RELATED METHODS AND SYSTEMS - An inline communications connector is provided that includes a housing and tip and ring contacts that are mounted in the housing. The tip contact includes an input tip socket, an output tip socket and a tip socket connection section that physically and electrically connects the input and output tip sockets. The ring contact includes an input ring socket, an output ring socket and a ring socket connection section that physically and electrically connects the input and output ring sockets. The input tip socket is not collinear with the output tip socket and the input ring socket is not collinear with the output ring socket. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20140335733 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY HAVING SIMPLIFIED RECEPTACLE TERMINALS - An electrical connector assembly includes an receptacle connector, the receptacle connector includes a first insulative housing defining a mating surface and a first side surface extending along a first direction. A plurality of first terminals are retained in the first insulative housing and each defines a contacting plate fixed to the first insulative housing and a welding portion extending outside of the first insulative housing. The first insulative housing defines a plurality of mating holes running through the mating surface, a part of the contacting plate is exposed in the mating hole to form a contacting portion. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20140335734 | Docking Apparatus - A transportation apparatus configured to dock with a device to which power is supplied is provided. The transportation apparatus includes a first contact element for establishing a first contact with the device and a second contact element for establishing a second contact with the device. An apparatus for assisting in establishing the contact between the second contact element and the device is further provided in the transportation apparatus. The apparatus is operated by a motor. The apparatus is configured to provide power to the motor by supplying power via the first contact. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20140335735 | HIGH SPEED, HIGH DENSITY ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - A broadside coupled connector assembly has two sets of conductors, each separate planes. By providing the same path lengths, there is no skew between the conductors of the differential pair and the impedance of those conductors is identical. The conductor sets are formed by embedding the first set of conductors in an insulated housing having a top surface with channels. The second set of conductors is placed within the channels so that no air gaps form between the two sets of conductors. A second insulated housing is filled over the second set of conductors and into the channels to form a completed wafer. The ends of the conductors are received in a blade housing. Differential and ground pairs of blades have one end that extends through the bottom of the housing having a small footprint. An opposite end of the pairs of blades diverge to connect with the wafers. The ends of the first and second sets of conductors and the blades are jogged in both an x- and y-coordinate to reduce crosstalk and improve electrical performance. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20140342612 | LOW INDUCTANCE BUS BAR CONNECTION - In one aspect, a set of male and female bus bars is provided. The male bus bar includes first and second conductors and an insulation layer therebetween. The male bus bar has a male connecting portion with one or more fingers. The female bus bar third and fourth conductors and an insulation layer therebetween. The female bus bar has a female connecting portion with one or more receptacles, each having contact surfaces that are free of insulation and that are positioned to contact contact surfaces on an associated finger which are free of insulation so as to connect the first conductor and the third conductor and to connect the second conductor and the fourth conductor. Each finger has a width. A gap exists between the contact surfaces of an associated receptacle. The width and gap are sized to provide a press fit between the fingers and the receptacles. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140342613 | Electrical connector - An electrical connector includes a housing, an insulative base, a plurality of first terminals and a plurality of second terminals. The housing includes a pair of first positioning pins and a pair of second positioning pins thereon, and a connecting line among the first positioning pins and the second positioning pins circumferences into a rectangular shape. The insulative base is received inside the housing and includes a soldering surface exposed out of the housing and within the rectangular shape. The first terminals are embedded inside the insulative base and protruded out of the soldering surface to form a column of first soldering pins. The second terminals are embedded inside the insulative base and protruded out of the soldering surface to form a column of second soldering pins. The first and second soldering pins are arranged parallel to each other in columns with a column distance between 1.3 mm to 1.5 mm. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140342614 | CONNECTOR - A connector is provided to sufficiently absorb the displacements of a plurality of connection objects with respect to a substrate even when the plurality of connection objects are connected. Two movable housings are formed by separate members that can move relative to each other, thereby absorbing the displacements of two mating connectors connected to the respective movable housings by each of the respective movable housings. This can sufficiently absorb the displacements of the mating connectors relative to a substrate. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140342615 | METHOD OF PRODUCING FLEXIBLE ELECTRICAL CORDS AND CONNECTOR THEREFOR - A method of producing cut-to-length flexible electrical cords includes providing a flexible strip having a plurality of electrically conductive lines extending along the strip, arranging along said strip a plurality of electrical connectors including a plurality of tubular electrical conductors extending in a bridge-like manner between two subsequent portions of one of the conductive lines of said plurality, separating a portion of a given length from said flexible strip by cutting at least one said connector in a transverse plane, thus cutting the plurality of tubular electrical conductors in the cut connector, whereby said portion separated from said flexible strip forms a flexible electrical cord having, at one end at least, a plurality of electrical connection holes or sockets exposed as a result of the cutting of said tubular conductors. | 11-20-2014 |
| 20140349521 | JOINT TERMINAL AND JOINT CONNECTOR - A joint terminal is to be used in a connector housing in a plurality. The joint terminal includes a wire-crimping portion, a terminal body to be housed in a terminal chamber of the connector housing (the terminal body includes a bottom wall and a pair of sidewalls perpendicularly extended from both side ends of the bottom wall, respectively) and a pair of first and second contact portions laterally extended outward from the pair of sidewalls of the terminal body, respectively. In the joint terminal, a pair of front walls is perpendicularly extended from front ends of the sidewalls toward each other so that end edges of the front walls face to each other. The sidewalls | 11-27-2014 |
| 20140357129 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - An electrical connector is provided to assembled on a circuit board for inserting a connecting member, and includes an insulating body having a cavity, a plurality of first terminals received in the insulating body for connecting with the connecting member, a cap body covered on the insulating body and a set of positioning mechanisms provided for fixing the cap body on the insulating body. Each positioning mechanism has first positioning portions and second positioning portions, so that the first positioning portions are buckled with the second positioning portions. The first positioning portions and the second positioning portions are assembled on the insulating body and the cap body respectively. Under this arrangement, the cap body is securely fixed on the insulating body via the positioning mechanisms, so that the first terminals are not detached from the insulating body. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140357130 | ELECTRIC CONNECTOR - The electric connector includes a plurality of terminals each having a stepped portion recessed or raised in a direction intersecting a direction in which the terminals are inserted into a later-mentioned housing, a housing formed with an opening, the terminals being inserted into the housing, and a holder inserted into the housing through the opening and engaged to the stepped portions of the terminals to thereby fix the terminals in the housing, the holder including a front and a pair of sidewalls all of which are shaped to be engageable to the stepped portions of the terminals when the holder is inserted into the housing, and a pair of flexible portions resiliently deformable to move towards and away from each other. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140357131 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR AND ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR ASSEMBLED COMPONENT - An electrical connector is to be connected to a first mating connector and a second mating connector. The electrical connector includes a plurality of terminals; and a housing for holing the terminals in a terminal arrangement direction. The housing includes an upper housing and a lower housing attached to the upper housing. The upper housing includes a plurality of upper grooves for holding the terminals. Each of the upper grooves has an upper narrow width portion having a width smaller than other part of the upper groove. The lower housing includes a plurality of lower grooves for holing the terminal. Each of the lower grooves has a lower narrow width portion having a width smaller than other part of the lower groove. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20140364010 | CONNECTOR DEVICE - A connector device comprises a first connector, a first detection connector, a second connector and an operation member. The first connector includes a first housing holding a first power terminal. The first detection connector includes a first detection-terminal. The first detection connector is held by the first housing and is movable between a first position and a second position along a first direction. The second connector includes a second housing holding a second power terminal and a second detection-terminal. The operation member is attached to the first housing. When the operation member is turned, the first connector is moved along the first direction, and the first power terminal is connected to the second power terminal. Subsequently, when the operation member is moved along a second direction, the first detection connector is moved from the first position to the second position, and the first detection-terminal is connected to the second detection-terminal. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20140364011 | Connector - Provided is a connector capable of holding a plurality of contacts in alignment. The connector includes a main body, a plurality of contacts to be electrically connected to a connection object and a contact holder holding the plurality of contacts in juxtaposition. The main body includes a fixing portion for fixing the contact holder. The plurality of contacts are fixedly held to the contact holder through integral molding therewith. | 12-11-2014 |
| 20140370756 | CHIP CARD CONNECTOR - A chip card connector includes a housing and a plurality of terminals. The housing has a partition part and a plurality of openings formed on two sides of the partition part. The terminals are disposed in the openings. E ach of the terminals has a first end embedded in or movably attached to the partition part, a second end penetrating a side surface of the housing and exposed from the housing, and a protruding contact part disposed between the first and second end for making contact with a chip card. Therefore, the problem of the prior art is solved that a chip card is likely to hook the contact part pf a conventional chip card connector that has the contact part extending from a cantilever of a terminal when the chip card is plugged into or unplugged from the chip card connector and the terminal are easily deformed or damaged. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20140370757 | ELECTRIC CONNECTOR - The electric connector includes an electrically insulative housing, and a terminal having an engagement section and inserted into a terminal space formed in the housing in a direction from a rear towards a front of the housing, the housing including a lance protruding in the housing towards an axis of the terminal space, and being able to engage to and disengage from the engagement section of the terminal, a resilient support resiliently supporting the lance such that the lance is able to move away from the axis, and a path through which a jig for disengaging the lance from the engagement section is inserted into the housing through a front of the housing towards the lance along the engagement section, the resilient support being formed with a slit communicating with the path and extending towards the lance from an entrance of the path. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20140370758 | CONNECTOR - A connector includes: a housing including terminal accommodating chambers, and lances projecting into the terminal accommodating chambers and capable of withdrawing from the terminal accommodating chambers due to elastic deformation of the lances; terminals inserted into the terminal accommodating chambers and each including a terminal contact part formed on its leading side for contact with a mating terminal and an engagement part foamed for engagement with respective lance and a front holder fitted to a front part of the housing to move between a formal engagement position and a temporary engagement position to hold the terminal contact part. The housing is provided with an opening which exposes engagement points between the lances and the engagement parts in a direction generally perpendicular to an elastically-deformable direction of the lances. | 12-18-2014 |
| 20140377999 | CONNECTOR, AND HEADER AND SOCKET INCLUDED IN THE SAME - In a connector, a socket fitting portion of the socket housing and a header fitting portion of the header housing are fitted to each other to bring socket and header terminals and into contact with each other. In the socket housing, a socket terminal group including the plural socket terminals arranged in the longitudinal direction of the socket housing is provided only in a single line. In the header housing, a header terminal group including the plural header terminals arranged in the longitudinal direction of the header housing is provided only in a single line. It is, therefore, possible to minimize the connector in the width direction. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20140378000 | CONNECTOR, AND HEADER AND SOCKET INCLUDED IN THE SAME - In a connector, a socket fitting portion of the socket housing and a header fitting portion of the header housing are fitted to each other to bring socket and header terminals and into contact with each other. In the socket housing, a socket terminal group including the plural socket terminals arranged in the longitudinal direction of the socket housing is provided only in a single line. In the header housing, a header terminal group including the plural header terminals arranged in the longitudinal direction of the header housing is provided only in a single line. It is, therefore, possible to minimize the connector in the width direction. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20150011127 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - An electrical connector can include a connector housing including a housing body that can define an opening that is configured to receive a complementary electrically conductive component along a mating direction. The electrical connector can further include at least one contact member that is supported by the connector housing and is configured to contact the complementary electrically conductive component when the complementary electrically conductive component is received in the opening. The at least one contact member can include an arm having a proximate portion, a distal portion, and an intermediate portion between the proximal and distal portions. The intermediate portion can be spaced outward with respect to each of the proximate and distal portions, and the intermediate portion can bear against the retention rib so as to retain the at least one contact member with respect to the connector housing. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150024633 | SATA CONNECTOR AND ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY THEREOF - A SATA connector including an insulative housing and a plurality of terminals are provided. The insulative housing has a plurality of slots into which external terminals are inserted, and the slots run through the insulative housing from a front side to a rear side. The terminals include a plurality of mating portions inserted into the slots and a plurality of extending portions led from the rear side of the insulative housing. Ends of the extending portions are collected on the rear side of the insulative housing to form a plurality of contact pads for electrically coupling to a flexible flat cable. An electrical connector assembly including the above-mentioned SATA connector is further provided. | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150031243 | CONNECTOR FIXING STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A connector fixing structure comprises a housing integrally formed with a tubular resin housing-side insertion opening member protruding inward and a receptacle connector provided in the housing and joined to the housing-side insertion opening member. The receptacle connector has a connector-side insertion opening member having a shape corresponding to that of the housing-side insertion opening member and a welding portion provided to the connector-side insertion opening member and combined with the housing-side insertion opening member. The housing-side insertion opening member and the connector-side insertion opening member are welded together by melting the welding portion over its entire circumference. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150031244 | HOLDER ASSEMBLY FOR RELAY CONNECTOR - A holder assembly includes long terminals and a holder that includes long grooves in which the terminals are installed. Each of the long grooves is positioned between sidewalls which stand on both sides of the long groove. Each of the sidewalls includes engagement lock arms at a plurality of places arranged in a longitudinal direction of the long groove. Engagement claws are formed on each of the engagement lock arms. | 01-29-2015 |
| 20150044912 | COAXIAL ELECTRIC CONNECTOR - Good signal transmission characteristics can be stably obtained by a simple structure. A pressure-contact surface of a cover inner surface of a shell cover part | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150050838 | Electrical Connector with High Retention Force - An electrical terminal includes an electrically conductive monolithic body including a mating end having a base, a contact beam spaced from the base in an upward direction, a side wall that extends from the base to the contact beam, and a spring assist member. The contact beam can be elastically flexible from an initial position whereby the spring assist member is spaced from the contact beam in the upward direction, to a deflected position whereby the contact beam abuts the spring assist member. The electrical is suited for assembly into a connector assembly which includes and inner core and an outer housing. | 02-19-2015 |
| 20150050839 | SHUNT FOR ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - A shunt for an electrical connector that comprises a conductive body which has two resilient leg extensions connecting at a hinge, each of the leg extensions terminating at a tail end opposite the hinge. Each of the leg extensions has at least one contact point on an outer surface thereof for engaging a contact of the electrical connector. The leg extensions curve such that they diverge from one another at at least one portion of the conductive body. The at least one contact point is located at this at least one portion. | 02-19-2015 |
| 20150064973 | CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY - Connector assembly includes a connecting body and a protecting cover. The connecting body includes an accommodating portion. The accommodating portion defines a number of accommodating holes. The accommodating portion includes an accommodating body. The accommodating body includes two first sidewalls and two second sidewalls. At least one of the two first sidewalls defines a number of receiving openings. The protecting cover includes a top plate, a front plate extending from the top plate, and two side plates. The top plate, the front plate, and the two side plates cooperatively define an accommodating space. A number of cutouts are defined in the front plate. When the protecting cover covers the accommodating body, the cutouts are aligned to the receiving openings of one side of the accommodating space, and a number of cables can pass through the connector assembly via the number of cutouts and the number of receiving openings. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150064974 | PIN HEADER - A pin header includes a connection pins and a pin holder. The connection pins includes one end to be connected to a first circuit board and the other end to be connected to a second circuit board which is positioned to form a given gap between the first circuit board and the second circuit board. The pin holder includes a holder body which holds centers of side faces of the plurality of connection pins, and a projection holder which includes a first projecting portion projecting from the holder body toward a side of the one end of the connection pins, and a second projecting portion projecting from the holder body toward a side of the other end of the connection pins. A projection length of the first projecting portion is equal to a projection length of the second projecting portion. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150064975 | Connector - A second elastic portion includes a bent section connected via the proximal end portion to a first fixing portion formed so as to circumvent along a shape of a distal end portion and a part of a lateral face of a projecting portion of a first movable housing. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150093939 | TERMINAL PLATE SET AND ELECTRIC CONNECTOR INCLUDING THE SAME - A terminal plate set and an electric connector including the terminal plate set are disclosed. The terminal plate set includes two signal terminal plates and two grounding terminal plates, and the signal terminal plates are parallel to each other and disposed between the grounding terminal plates. A partition channel is formed between the grounding terminal plates, between the signal terminal plates, between the signal terminal plate and the grounding terminal plate, or between the terminal plates. The electric connector includes the terminal plate set and a front body, and the terminal plate set is installed at the front body, and a front convection hole is formed on a plug side of the front body. The impedance of the signal terminal plates and the grounding terminal plates can be adjusted within the best range to improve the heat dissipation efficiency of the terminal plate set and the electric connector. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20150104977 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR HAVING A CONNECTOR SHROUD - Electrical connector including a module assembly having a contact module. The contact module has a module body and signal conductors held by the module body. The module assembly has a shroud-engaging face. The signal conductors have respective signal members disposed along the shroud-engaging face. The electrical connector also includes a connector shroud that couples to the module assembly. The connector shroud has a mating side, a loading side, and a mating axis extending therebetween. The connector shroud includes contact passages that extend therethrough. The loading side interfaces with the shroud-engaging face. The connector shroud couples to the module assembly in first or second rotational positions about the mating axis. The contact passages align with the signal members for each of the first and second rotational positions. | 04-16-2015 |
| 20150104978 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR HAVING AN ARRAY OF SIGNAL CONTACTS - Electrical connector including a connector body having a mating side with a communication array of signal and ground contacts and first and second mounting sides with respective mounting arrays of signal and ground contacts. Each of the first and second mounting sides is configured to be mounted to a corresponding circuit board. The connector body includes signal and ground conductors that extend through the connector body and communicatively couple the communication array to each of the mounting arrays. The mating side faces along a mating axis and the first and second mounting sides face in opposite directions along a mounting axis. The mating and mounting axes are perpendicular to each other. | 04-16-2015 |
| 20150104979 | Subscriber Identity Module Connector - The present invention discloses a subscriber identity module connector which places a detecting terminal and a grounding terminal into a same contact area. The above placement of the detecting terminal and the grounding terminal form a circuit to determine if a SIM card is inserted appropriately. As a result, there is no need to set conventional detecting unit, and the space of the subscriber identity module connector are advantageously saved. It not only simplifies the placement of circuit board (PCB) and but also reduces the manufacturing cost. | 04-16-2015 |
| 20150111433 | Receptacle Of Electrical Connector - A receptacle of an electrical connector comprises a metal housing body, a plastic main body positioned in the metal housing body, and flat terminals. The plastic main body incorporates with the metal housing body to form an accommodating space for being plugged by a plug. First and second tongue parts disposed on the plastic main body are respectively close to upper and lower sides of the metal housing body. Each flat terminal comprises a fixing part, a contacting part formed in a flat shape, and a soldering part. The contacting parts are respectively disposed on first and second tongue parts and respectively expose to the accommodating space in downward and upward directions. A tongue of a plastic body of the receptacle, i.e. first and second tongue parts, and the flat terminals are hardly damaged, so as to prevent expensive cost of repairing a damaged receptacle. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150111434 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - An electrical connector allowing a housing and a contact portion to be displaced relative to a mounting circuit board, parallel to a board surface, without a reinforcing plate separate from a contact member. A basal portion of a contact member is present along an upper surface of a base portion of a housing. A mounting-side elastic portion of the contact member is present along a lower surface of the base portion of the housing. A folding-back portion of the contact member is located at a rear of the base portion of the housing to connect the basal portion to the mounting-side elastic portion. First and second connecting leg portions extend downward from the mounting-side elastic portion. Each tip side of the leg portions acts as a mounting portion for a circuit board at positions different from each other in a front-back direction. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150132996 | CONNECTOR - A connector ( | 05-14-2015 |
| 20150295334 | CONNECTOR STRUCTURE, FEMALE CONNECTOR, AND MALE CONNECTOR - A device including male and female connectors each including mounting pad terminals arranged on both side portions of a surface mounted on a circuit board, and a connector structure. The female connector includes: an insulating film; pad portions formed on one surface of the insulating film; a metal guide member fixedly disposed to cover the other surface of the insulating film and insulatingly coated; female terminal portions including slit openings penetrating in a thickness direction through the pad portions and portions of the insulating film; through-holes penetrating through the metal guide member; and mounting pad terminals formed on both side portions of the other surface of the insulating film, with surfaces projecting more than a surface of the metal guide member and electrically connected to the pad portions respectively. The connector structure includes male terminal portions inserted to the slit openings from the female connector's one surface side. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150295342 | Surface Mount Connector - A surface mount connector is disclosed having a housing cover, a contact receiving base, and a first engagement portion. The contact receiving base is connected to the housing cover, having a plurality of contacts with terminating ends and opposite mating ends positioned inside the housing cover. The first engagement portion has a first projection positioned proximate to a mating end of either the housing cover or the contact receiving base, extending orthogonal to a plugging/unplugging direction. The first engagement portion also has a first projection receiving member positioned on the other of the contact receiving base and the housing cover proximate to the mating end, being complimentary to the first projection and receiving the first projection at a terminating end facing surface thereof. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150303632 | TAPE LIGHT ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - The present invention is directed to a tape light electrical connector that is configured to electrically and physically connect a tape light, such as a light emitting diode (LED) tape light and a lead wire together in order to provide electrical continuity between the tape light and the lead wire, and to prevent physical separation of the tape light from the lead wire, once the tape light and the lead wire have been coupled to the tape light electrical connector. The electrical connector may further be configured to allow for removal of the lead wire and the tape light from the electrical connector, and accordingly the electrical connector may be reusable for installation of other lead wires and tape lights to be connected thereto. | 10-22-2015 |
| 20150311616 | CONNECTOR AND TRANSMISSION LINE STRUCTURE - A connector including one and the other first terminals, a second terminal, and a third terminal that are partially held in a body and spaced from each other along a first direction. The middle portion of each first terminal extends obliquely and has parallel edges. The second middle portion of the second terminal extends obliquely and has parallel edges being non-parallel to the edges of the first middle portions. The third terminal extends between the one first terminal and the second terminal and includes a third middle portion extending obliquely. Of the non-parallel edges of the third middle portion, one edge next to the second middle portion is substantially parallel to the edges of the second middle portion, and the other edge next to the first middle portion of the one first terminal is substantially parallel to the edges of the first middle portion of the one first terminal. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150311617 | CONNECTOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME - A connector including a body, an adjacent pair of first terminals, a second terminal next to one of the first terminals, a third terminal next to the other first terminal, and a fourth terminal. The body holds the terminals at least partially and includes a first recess, a second recess, and a first separating portion therebetween. The first and third terminals each have a portion exposed through the first recess. The fourth terminal has a portion exposed through the second recess. The second terminal includes an exposed portion and an unexposed portion. The unexposed portion includes an area on one side in the first direction of a part in the second direction of the second terminal and is covered with the body. The exposed portion includes an area on the other side in the first direction of the part of the second terminal and is exposed through the first recess. | 10-29-2015 |
| 20150340781 | CONNECTOR AND CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY - A connector is to be fixed to a principal surface of a connection object and to be connected with a mating object. The connector comprises a plurality of contacts and a guide member. Each of the contacts has a first soldered portion, a first main portion and a first auxiliary portion. The first main portion has a contact portion. The guide member has a second soldered portion, a second main portion and second auxiliary portion. The second main portion has a guide portion which guides the mating object. When the first soldered portions and the second soldered portion are soldered to the principal surface, the contacts are arranged in a pitch direction while being separated from one another, and the guide member is separated from the contacts. The first auxiliary portion and the second auxiliary portion have cross-sections same as each other in a plane perpendicular to the pitch direction. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150364849 | CONNECTOR FOR CAVITY FILTER - A connector adapted for a cavity filter includes a housing, a contact pin, an insulating member, and a transmission line, the housing has a receiving space with a top opening and a side opening, a mounting hole is opened in a the mounting base of the housing, the insulating member has a hollow structure and is fixedly configured in the housing, two connecting holes are opened in the contact pin, two positioning holes corresponding to the connecting hole are opened in the insulating member, a lower end of the contact pin is inserted into the top opening and through the insulating member, a positioning pin is inserted into the two connecting holes and the two positioning holes, and one end of the transmission line is inserted into the receiving space from the side opening and fixedly connected with the lower end of the contact pin. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150380851 | Connection Terminal and Electrical Connector - A connection terminal has a connector body having a mating end and an opposite cable receiving end; a pair of contact arms extending from the mating end; and a cable receiving member having an approximate cylindrical shape with a variable diameter, and extending from the cable receiving end. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20160006153 | CONNECTOR - A connector is mateable with a mating connector which includes a mating contact having a mating contact point. The connector comprises a contact and a holding member which holds the contact. The contact has a contact portion. When the connector and the mating connector are mated with each other, the mating contact point slides on and is in contact with the contact portion. The contact portion has a first plated layer as its outermost layer and a second plated layer located under the first plated layer. The first plated layer is made of silver or silver alloy and has Vickers hardness not more than 90 Hv. The second plated layer is made of silver or silver alloy and has Vickers hardness not less than 100 Hv. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160013573 | CONNECTOR, AND HEADER AND SOCKET USED IN SAID CONNECTOR | 01-14-2016 |
| 20160028178 | ELECTRIC CONNECTOR - The present disclosure relates to an improved structure of an electric connector. Each of terminals has a butt joint part and is vertically linked with a joint part, and each joint part has an arch-shaped necked-down section with two grooves , and other side of joint part is linked with a positioning section which has an accommodating cavity and a protruding body separately formed at two opposite side surfaces thereof and is linked with an extension arm by other side. The extension arm is linked with an insertion section in a vertical direction. The insulative base member is formed integrally to encapsulate terminals, butt joint parts can be suspended and extended in a docking chamber, and extension arms and soldering parts are respectively exposed out of the insulative base member, so the terminals can be tightly fastened in insulative base member and the endurability of the electric connector can be enhanced. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160049744 | CONNECTOR, AND HEADER AND SOCKET TO BE USED IN THE SAME - A connector includes: a socket having a socket fitting body provided with socket terminals; and a header having a header fitting body provided with header terminals. At least one of a sidewall surface on an inner side of the socket fitting body and a sidewall surface on an outer side of the header fitting body includes a protrusion in which at least one side surface of the both side surfaces in the width direction faces the corresponding opposite surface formed in the sidewall surface of the other fitting body with the socket and header fitting bodies fitted to each other. | 02-18-2016 |
| 20160056580 | CONNECTOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CONNECTOR - A connector including a pair of first terminals, a second terminal, a third terminal, and a body. The first terminals are differential signal terminals in spaced juxtaposition to each other. The second terminal is located on one side relative to and in spaced relation to one of the first terminals. The third terminal is located on the other side relative to and in spaced relation to the other first terminal. The body holds the terminals at least partially. The body includes a first portion between the first terminals, a second portion between the one first terminal and the second terminal, and a third portion between the other first terminal and the third terminal. The second portion has a second void, which extends from the one first terminal to the second terminal. The third portion has a third void, which extends from the other first terminal to the third terminal. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160064852 | CONNECTOR - A connector includes a housing that holds a plurality of terminals and a mating housing that holds a plurality of mating terminals to be connected to the terminals. The mating housing is fitted into the housing to connect the mating terminals to the terminals. The housing comprises a partition wall portion which projects ahead of the terminals and separates adjacent ones of the terminals from each other. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160093971 | CONNECTOR - A connector ( | 03-31-2016 |
| 20160099513 | CONNECTOR - A connector is connectable with a plate-like or sheet-like object having an upper surface and a lower surface in an up-down direction. The upper surface is formed with an upper signal line. The lower surface is formed with a lower signal line. The connector comprises a first terminal, a second terminal, an insulator member and a housing. The first terminal has an upper-jaw portion and a lower-jaw portion. The upper-jaw portion is provided with an upper contact point. The lower-jaw portion is provided with a lower receiving portion. The second terminal is provided with a lower contact point and a press portion. When the object is connected to the connector, the insulator member is sandwiched between the press portion and the lower receiving portion to insulate the first terminal and the second terminal from each other. When the object is connected to the connector, the upper-jaw portion presses the upper contact point against the upper signal line so that the lower signal line presses the lower contact point downward while the press portion presses the insulator member against the lower receiving portion. | 04-07-2016 |
| 20160104960 | CONNECTOR - A connector ( | 04-14-2016 |
| 20160111805 | SYSTEMS HAVING AN ACTUATOR FORCING A RESILIENT RETAINER THROUGH A COMPRESSOR TO SECURE ELECTRICAL CONTACTS IN AN ELECTRICAL COMPONENT - A system for securing one or more electrical contacts within an electrical component includes a main housing defining a contact-retaining chamber, a base fixed within the contact-retaining chamber, a resilient retainer supported on the base and positioned around at least a portion of the one or more electrical contacts, a compressor within the contact-retaining chamber, wherein the resilient retainer is positioned between the base and the compressor, and a moveable actuator configured to be moved into a retaining position in which a retaining force is exerted into the compressor. The retaining force is translated into the resilient retainer to securely retain the electrical contact(s) within the electrical component. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160141784 | SOCKET CONTACT, INTER-CONNECTOR AND CONNECTOR DEVICE - A socket contact is connectable with a first terminal and a second terminal at opposite ends thereof in an axial direction, respectively. The socket contact comprises a first portion, a second portion and a coupling portion. The first portion has a first end, a second end and a first spring portion. The first end includes a first contact point which is to be connected to the first terminal. The second end includes a second contact point which is to be connected to the second terminal. The first spring portion is positioned between the first contact point and the second contact point. The second portion has a third end, a fourth end and a second spring portion. The third end includes a third contact point which is to be connected to the first terminal. The fourth end includes a fourth contact point which is to be connected to the second terminal. The second spring portion is positioned between the third contact point and the fourth contact point. The coupling portion couples the first end with the fourth end. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160149322 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - An electrical connector for connecting a chip module, includes an insulating body, multiple conducting terminals received in the insulating body, and a fixing member having a base for fixing the chip module. The insulating body has an accommodating cavity that is rectangular and opened upward. A stop wall projects upward from each of four corners of the accommodating cavity. Each conducting terminal has a contact portion extending upward for electrically contacting a conductive connection surface of the chip module. The contact portions are located in the accommodating cavity and do not exceed the stop wall upward. The base is assembled above the insulating body. Four extending portions extend downward from the base and are assembled at an outer side of the stop walls. An inner side of each extending portion is provided with a guiding inclined surface cooperating with the outer side of the stop wall. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160190746 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - An electrical connector comprises a body, a terminal positioning member provided at a rear end of the body and a first group of terminals mounted in terminal grooves of the body. The terminal positioning member comprises a first spacing rib and a second spacing rib. The first group of terminals comprises signal terminals and ground terminals. The signal terminals and the ground terminals each comprise a contact portion, a retaining portion and a tail portion, the retaining portion connecting the contact portion and the positioning portion, the positioning portion connecting the retaining portion and the tail portion. The first spacing rib extends between the positioning portions of the adjacent signal terminals, the second spacing rib extends between the positioning portion of the signal terminal and the positioning portion of the adjacent ground terminal and the first spacing rib is longer than the second spacing rib. | 06-30-2016 |
