http://www.freshpatents.com/Electrical-connectors-dtnewntc439.php USPTO Class 439 - Electrical connectors en-us Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:35:05 -0700 1000 Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 141 31 http://www.freshpatents.com/index.php?rss=true http://www.freshpatents.com/images/freshpatentsnav_rss.gif http://www.freshpatents.com/Lever-type-connector-dt20080424ptan20080096397.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:35:05 -0700 A lever connector is provided where fitting of a connector holder is reliably performed by rotation of a lever, so that workability is excellent. In a connector holder 2, a provisionally-retaining claw 17 is provided to be elastically held by a first retaining portion 14 at a predetermined rotating position... http://www.freshpatents.com/Solid-floor-board-assembly-with-duct-raceway-cavity-dt20080424ptan20080096400.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:35:05 -0700 A solid floor board assembly with duct raceway is composed of a plurality of base blocks, layer plates, and floor boards. A hollow cavity is formed between the base blocks and the layer plates and is partitioned to accommodate a variety of wire ducts and conduit installations neatly and orderly... http://www.freshpatents.com/Integrated-circuit-leadless-package-system-dt20080424ptan20080096401.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:35:05 -0700 An integrated circuit leadless package system includes forming a lead, attaching an integrated circuit die to the lead, and applying an encapsulant including a thin encapsulant region with a thinner section over the lead than a section over the integrated circuit die.... http://www.freshpatents.com/Adsl-wire-bonding-and-grounding-clamp-dt20080424ptan20080096403.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:35:05 -0700 A cable bonding and grounding clamp that includes: a closed end having a first side and a second side; a pair of side walls each having a first section connected to a second section by an offset section; an open end formed by the second sections; an aperture in at... http://www.freshpatents.com/Magnetic-connector-for-electronic-device-dt20080424ptan20080096398.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:35:05 -0700 An electrical plug and receptacle relying on magnetic force to maintain contact are disclosed. The plug and receptacle can be used as part of a power adapter for connecting an electronic device, such as a laptop computer, to a power supply. The plug includes electrical contacts, which are preferably biased... http://www.freshpatents.com/Heat-dissipating-terminal-and-electrical-connector-using-same-dt20080424ptan20080096399.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:35:05 -0700 An electrically conductive terminal 2, 3 for a circuit board connector has a heat sink fin 16 which is thermally coupled to two connection portions 12, 14 for dissipation of heat generated in the connection portions. The heat sink fin and one of the connection portions 12 extend from a... http://www.freshpatents.com/Connector-for-a-display-apparatus-dt20080424ptan20080096402.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:35:05 -0700 A connector that is capable of reducing defects in display apparatuses is presented. The connector includes a body, a plurality of terminals and a cover. The body has a base and a sidewall. The terminals are disposed on the body and arranged to make an electrical connection with the electrical... http://www.freshpatents.com/Portable-energy-device-dt20080424ptan20080096404.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:35:05 -0700 A portable energy device having a housing and an energy storage device is disclosed. The housing includes electrical input terminals and electrical output terminals, the input terminals being configured to receive electrical power from a vehicle having an electrical chassis operating at DC voltage, the output terminals being configured to... http://www.freshpatents.com/Quick-connect-connector-dt20080424ptan20080096405.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:35:05 -0700 The invention relates to a connector that can be easily mated to a jack connector.... http://www.freshpatents.com/Electrical-plug-and-socket-connector-for-a-motor-vehicle-dt20080424ptan20080096406.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:35:05 -0700 A connector includes first and second plug-and-socket connector parts and a connection element. The first connector part has a latch operable to connect the connector parts together. The connection element is connected and is displaceable with respect to the first connector part between first and second positions. The connection element... http://www.freshpatents.com/Cable-connector-for-vehicle-door-dt20080424ptan20080096407.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:35:05 -0700 A cable connector for a vehicle door has a first connector including a first contact terminal and a fitting member. The fitting member has at least one cam recess, at least one locking recess, and at least one elastic member. The elastic member has at least one latching recess that... http://www.freshpatents.com/Lever-type-connector-dt20080424ptan20080096408.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:35:05 -0700 A lever type connector in which a connector holder is reliably fit into a receptacle holder to prevent a half-fitting is provided. In the lever type connector, a restricting groove 19 is provided on the front side of an arm plate 6 of a lever 5, and below a multiple... http://www.freshpatents.com/Electrical-card-connector-dt20080424ptan20080096410.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:35:05 -0700 An electrical card connector (100) comprises an insulating housing (1) receiving a plurality terminals (2), a shield plate (4) mounted on the insulating housing, and an ejecting mechanism (3) assembled on a lateral side of the shield plate. The ejecting mechanism comprises a pushing pole (30) and a handle (32)... http://www.freshpatents.com/Sinking-electrical-card-connector-dt20080424ptan20080096409.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:35:05 -0700 A sinking electrical card connector includes an insulating housing (10) sinking partially into a hole defined on a printed circuit board (30) (PCB), a number of terminals (20) retained in the insulating housing, a shell (40) mounted on the insulating housing, wherein a pair of holding portions 120 and 120′... http://www.freshpatents.com/Connecting-unit-for-wick-of-cold-cathode-fluorescent-lamp-dt20080424ptan20080096411.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:35:05 -0700 A connecting unit for accommodating a wick of a cold cathode fluorescent lamp is disclosed. The connecting unit includes a substrate having a conductive layer disposed thereon, a v-shaped opening, and a c-shaped opening. The width of the front end of the v-shaped opening is greater than the diameter of... http://www.freshpatents.com/Angled-edge-card-connector-with-low-profile-dt20080424ptan20080096412.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:35:05 -0700 The edge card connector provides communication between a daughterboard and a printed wiring board. The edge card connector is mounted to a printed wiring board and provides a slot which is angled relative to the printed wiring board. Upper terminals extend from an upper wall of the slot to the... http://www.freshpatents.com/Usb-connector-type-memory-card-adapter-dt20080424ptan20080096413.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:35:05 -0700 A USB connector type memory card adapter is disclosed to include a metal shield covered with a cover shell having a memory card insertion hole and insertable into a USB jack of an electronic apparatus, a USB connector unit mounted inside the metal shield and electrically connectable to the USB... http://www.freshpatents.com/Connector-dt20080424ptan20080096414.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:35:05 -0700 A connector has a male housing (10) with a hood (12) and a female housing (20) that can be telescoped into the hood (12). The female housing (20) has an elastic hold-down piece (38) that elastically contacts the male housing (10) at an angle to a direction in which the... http://www.freshpatents.com/Electrical-connectors-and-methods-of-connecting-dt20080424ptan20080096415.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:35:05 -0700 An electrical connector and method of making an electrical connection wherein the connector includes a housing having an upper portion and a lower portion rotatable relative to each other, a chamber, a cavity configured to receive a first wire, and a first conductive member positioned within the chamber. The first... http://www.freshpatents.com/Connector-system-for-tapping-off-branch-lines-from-continuous-conductors-dt20080424ptan20080096416.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:35:05 -0700 A connector system includes a plurality of conductor piercing units supported by a frame for vertical displacement between upper disconnected and lower connected positions relative to a plurality of parallel spaced insulated conductors supported in a horizontal plane by a base plate. The piercing units are displaced between said upper... http://www.freshpatents.com/Plug-connector-with-improved-cable-strain-relief-dt20080424ptan20080096417.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:35:05 -0700 The invention relates to a plug connector with a housing for accepting an electrical cable with at least an electric wire and a sheathing. On the housing, a holding element is fixed that has a holding tab, the holding tab being arranged at an angle to a longitudinal direction of... http://www.freshpatents.com/Low-cost-cable-connecting-system-for-movable-separable-electronic-devices-dt20080424ptan20080096418.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:35:05 -0700 A system for electrically connecting first and second electronic devices wherein the devices are movable relative to each other. The system includes an electric cable having end segments and a medial segment therebetween wherein each of the end segments connects to one of the first and second electronic devices. A... http://www.freshpatents.com/Connector-assembly-for-a-cable-having-a-radially-facing-conductive-surface-and-method-of-operatively-assembling-the-connector-assembly-dt20080424ptan20080096419.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:35:05 -0700 The combination of an elongate cable and a connector assembly. The elongate cable has a central axis and a receptacle with a radially inwardly facing conductive surface. A body on the connector assembly has an insert portion with a wall having a radially inwardly facing surface and a radially outwardly... http://www.freshpatents.com/Coaxial-electrical-connector-dt20080424ptan20080096420.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:35:05 -0700 In some embodiments, a coaxial electrical connector comprises a terminal member, an insulator, and a metallic shell. The terminal is located in the insulator, and the insulator is located in the metallic shell. The insulator has a foldaway extending member which has a groove. When the wire stock is inserted... http://www.freshpatents.com/Connecting-arrangement-and-contact-pin-dt20080424ptan20080096421.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:35:05 -0700 A connecting arrangement having a partition and a plurality of contact pins is disclosed. Each contact pin has two contact portions and a fastening portion electrically connecting the contact portions to each other, the contact portions each being arranged so as to be accessible from one side of the partition.... http://www.freshpatents.com/Electronic-device-with-shield-dt20080424ptan20080096422.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:35:05 -0700 An electronic device (10) includes a circuit board (40) and a shield (20). The circuit board includes a pair of mounting holes (44), a first surface (41), a second surface (43) opposite to the first surface, and at least one electronic component (42). The shield includes a top wall (26),... http://www.freshpatents.com/Low-voltage-differential-signaling-connector-dt20080424ptan20080096423.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:35:05 -0700 A low voltage differential signaling connector includes a dielectric housing having a mating face, a rear face, an upper face, a lower face and two end faces, a mating slot being defined on the mating face and transversally extending through the rear face and having a plurality of receiving passages... http://www.freshpatents.com/Differential-pair-connector-featuring-reduced-crosstalk-dt20080424ptan20080096424.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:35:05 -0700 A differential pair connector has a housing floor, an array of differential pairs passing through the housing floor, and a conductive grid integrated into the housing floor for reducing crosstalk between the differential pairs. The conductive grid can have various structures, such as conductive inserts, plated regions and/or a conductive... http://www.freshpatents.com/Portable-storage-device-dt20080424ptan20080096425.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:35:05 -0700 A portable storage device structure is described. A memory device has a connector and a first concave portion. An opening defined on a hollow housing to form two sections of the hollow housing with different lengths. The longer section has a second concave portion. A resilient member has one end... http://www.freshpatents.com/Connector-device-and-power-detecting-apparatus-utilizing-the-same-dt20080424ptan20080096427.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:35:05 -0700 A connector device in accordance with the present invention includes a first connecting portion and a second connecting portion, the first connecting portion has a power input terminal and an input side ground terminal, and the second connecting portion has a power output terminal and an output side ground terminal.... http://www.freshpatents.com/Coupling-device-for-testing-antenna-dt20080424ptan20080096426.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:35:05 -0700 A coupling device that is used to test power or field effects of an antenna built into an antenna device is proposed. The antenna device is plate-shaped. The coupling device has a housing, an isolation material, and a connector. The housing has a socket at one side. The socket is... http://www.freshpatents.com/Front-or-rear-loading-socket-system-dt20080424ptan20080096428.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:35:05 -0700 A lamp socket (10) comprises a housing (12) having a longitudinal axis (14) and first and second planar surfaces, (16, 18), respectively, spaced apart along the longitudinal axis (14), and orthogonal thereto. Aa central, lamp receiving opening (20) is coaxially aligned with the longitudinal axis 14 and mounting means 21... http://www.freshpatents.com/Subminiature-electrical-connector-including-over-voltage-and-over-current-circuit-protection-dt20080424ptan20080096429.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:35:05 -0700 A Micro-B USB electrical connector socket includes a metal shell, a plastic body and an array of formed and aligned discrete conductor leads encapsulated in the body. The leads include a power supply lead, a power return lead, and at least two data differential signal leads. Each lead has a... http://www.freshpatents.com/Connector-with-easily-replacement-of-a-slider-dt20080424ptan20080096430.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:35:05 -0700 An electrical connector (100) comprises an insulative housing (1) with pluralities of terminals (2,4) thereon. The housing comprises two opposite sidewalls (101,102), two opposite endwalls (103) respectively located on two ends of the sidewalls and a receiving cavity (10) defined therebetween with an opening. A first and a second retaining... http://www.freshpatents.com/Electrical-connector-with-actuator-dt20080424ptan20080096431.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:35:05 -0700 An electrical connector for an FPC includes an insulative housing (1) defining a space (11) and a pair of engage surfaces (141) at opposite sides of the space; a plurality of terminals (2, 3) side-by-side arranged in the housing and each comprising a supporting arm with a curved portion (212,... http://www.freshpatents.com/Ic-socket-dt20080424ptan20080096432.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:35:05 -0700 An IC socket includes a socket body (1) having a plurality of passageways (10) extending obliquely from a mating surface (101) toward a mounting surface (103). At least two terminals (2) are insertable into each of the passageways. Thus, even if the at least two terminals are laterally and obliquely... http://www.freshpatents.com/Differential-pair-electrical-connector-having-crosstalk-shield-tabs-dt20080424ptan20080096433.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:35:05 -0700 A differential pair connector includes a housing having receptacles for receiving differential pair conductors and electrically conductive shielding tabs extending away from the housing between the receptacles for reducing crosstalk between the differential pairs. The tabs insert into a mated connector when an interconnect is formed. By inserting into the... http://www.freshpatents.com/Microphone-connector-dt20080424ptan20080096434.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:35:05 -0700 A microphone connector includes an insulation housing and an electrical contact. The insulation housing has an insertion passage arranged at a top surface thereon, a receiving space arranged at a bottom surface thereon and communicated with the insertion passage and grooves passing through opposite sidewalls of the insulation housing. The... http://www.freshpatents.com/Towing-vehicle-receptacle-adaptor-dt20080424ptan20080096435.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:35:05 -0700 Disclosed are apparatus and methods for adapting a first receptacle coupled to a vehicle to power a second receptacle coupled to the vehicle without the need for modifying the vehicle's electrical system wiring. A method is provided in which a vehicle plug connected to the vehicle's electrical system is removed... http://www.freshpatents.com/Electrical-connector-assembly-having-improved-cover-dt20080424ptan20080096437.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:35:05 -0700 An electrical connector assembly includes a cover, a connector housing received in the cover and including a mating port, and a connecting port, and an insulative cap, including a generally rectangular base section with a central opening for allowing said mating port to extend through, and a pair of locking... http://www.freshpatents.com/Leadframe-assembly-staggering-for-electrical-connectors-dt20080424ptan20080096436.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:35:05 -0700 An electrical connector may include a connector housing and a plurality of identical leadframe assemblies received in the connector housing. Each of the leadframe assemblies may define a leadframe mating sequence. The leadframe assemblies may be arranged relative to one another to define a connector mating sequence that differs from... http://www.freshpatents.com/Rotatable-connector-modules-with-inverted-jacks-dt20080424ptan20080096438.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:35:05 -0700 A telecommunications patch panel includes a frame defining at least one opening configured to receive a connector module; and at least one connector module rotatably mounted in the at least one opening of the frame. Each connector module defines an axis of rotation generally parallel to the front face. Each... http://www.freshpatents.com/Bussing-connector-dt20080424ptan20080096439.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:35:05 -0700 A low-profile electrical connector having a connector body with a bussing interconnection. The bussing interconnection includes a first receptacle and a second receptacle. The first receptacle is in electrical communication with the second receptacle. The connector body also includes an alignment mechanism configured to align and retain a corresponding plug.... http://www.freshpatents.com/Electrical-connection-of-a-contact-pin-to-a-sheet-metal-component-dt20080424ptan20080096440.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:35:05 -0700 A device for detachable electrical connection of a contact pin to a sheet metal component. According to this invention, a durable conducting connection of the contact pin to the sheet metal component may be achieved, whereby the sheet metal component has at least one perforation, in which a sleeve for... http://www.freshpatents.com/Modular-service-switching-device-dt20080424ptan20080096441.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:35:05 -0700 The disclosure relates to a service switching device having a housing, having a front face side, a rear face side, having front and rear narrow sides connecting the front and rear face sides, having lateral broad sides, a fastening side, having at least one screwless terminal connection, which is fixed... http://www.freshpatents.com/Female-terminal-fitting-dt20080424ptan20080096442.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:35:05 -0700 A female terminal fitting (10) has a tube (12) with a tab insertion opening (12A) for receiving a male tab (80). A contact piece (30) and receiving pads (17) are provided in the tube (12) for sandwiching the male tab (80). The contact piece (30) includes a resiliently deformable contact... http://www.freshpatents.com/Terminal-dt20080424ptan20080096443.php Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:35:05 -0700 A kind of terminal includes a base part, which is a planar shape. A connecting part extends from the back of the base part. A contact part extends from the front of the base part. The tip of the contact part forms a contact probe that has an arc surface....