Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
439086000 | INCLUDING ELASTOMERIC OR NONMETALLIC CONDUCTIVE PORTION | 39 |
20080311772 | Electrical connector and devices using the same - The subject disclosure is directed to female connectors which can be employed in a quick connect/disconnect system used in medical devices to provide a non-permanent electrical and mechanical engagement with a male connector. The female connectors include, inter alia, a connector body that has an outer periphery and an aperture extending therethrough. The connector body has a flexible, non-conductive portion and a conductive portion which is at least partially exposed in the aperture and on the outer periphery of the connector body. The connector body is constructed such that when a male connector is inserted into the aperture of the connector body, the flexible, non-conductive part and the conductive part of the connecter body cooperate to allow for expansion of the aperture, creating contact pressure between the conductive part of the connector body and the male connector. | 12-18-2008 |
20090246988 | CONTACT STRUCTURE AND FORMING METHOD THEREOF AND CONNECTING STRUCTURE THEREOF - A contact structure disposed on a substrate is provided. The contact structure includes a pad, a polymer bump and a conductive layer. The pad is on the substrate. The polymer bump having a curve surface and a steep surface connecting with the curve surface is disposed on the substrate. The polymer bump is covered by the conductive layer and the conductive layer is electrically connected with the pad. | 10-01-2009 |
20100099281 | FIELD DECOUPLING ELEMENT FOR USE WITH AN IMPLANTABLE LINE AND IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE - A field decoupling element for use with an implantable line with an elongated line body and a function conductor which extends in the longitudinal direction of the line body and acts to implement a medical function of the line, such that the field decoupling element is in electric contact with the function conductor in the use state connected to the line and reduces coupling of the function conductor to an external field. | 04-22-2010 |
20100279524 | CONNECTOR PIN AND METHOD - An electrical connector and method includes a connector and a conforming element proximate to or in contact with the mating end of the connector so as to prevent distortion of a matable end. The matable end of the connector may be of a female or male type and may be of a post, tube, blade, pin, or other configuration. An element made of conforming material, for example, an elastomer, epoxy or rubber type material, is configured and positioned in contact with the matable end of the connector, providing support during assembly to prevent distortion of the matable end. The conforming element may be rectangular, wedge, cylindrical, conical, annular, or of another configuration as required to provide support to the connector pin. The conforming element may be fastened with an adhesive to the matable end to further prevent distortion. | 11-04-2010 |
20110059635 | Electronic socket with an adjustable floating load - Floating clamp sockets useful in electronic interconnection applications are disclosed. | 03-10-2011 |
20120100731 | CONNECTION TERMINAL, TERMINAL CONNECTION STRUCTURE, AND TERMINAL BOX - A terminal box ( | 04-26-2012 |
20130040473 | CONNECTOR STRUCTURE FOR DEVICE CONNECTION - A connector structure for device connection includes one connector provided on one device case and the other connector provided on the other device case The one connector includes an insulating housing having a plurality of accommodation recessed sections arrange in parallel, terminals having respective contact plate sections accommodated in the respective accommodation recessed sections, and the conductive rubbers which are in contact with the respective contact plate sections and are accommodated in the respective accommodation recessed sections. The other connector includes terminals respectively having contact plate sections which are pressed to be in contact with the respective conductive rubbers when the two cases are fixed to each other, and an insulating housing which accommodates the terminals. | 02-14-2013 |
20130280929 | Singulated elastomer electrical contactor for high performance interconnect systems and method for the same - A method and an electrical interconnect mechanism in which elastomeric pins are printed onto metal retainer tabs having at least one protrusion or tab extending laterally therefrom to engage a catch or recess of the laminated housing so as to locate each of the elastomeric pins and secure them within the housing. In one embodiment a champher may be employed with a catch or recess to engagely secure a second protrusion or tab extending laterally from another side of said elastomeric pin. In another embodiment the elastomeric pin may have a solid metal ring or a slide collar around the center of the pin wherein the ring has one or two tabs for engaging the recess in the housing and if preferred also the recess of a champfer. | 10-24-2013 |
20130309882 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND CONNECTING COMPONENT - An electronic device includes a first housing, a second housing disposed on the first housing, and a connecting component. The connecting component includes a connecting body and an elastic conductive element. The connecting component is located between the first housing and the second housing. The elastic conductive element with an elastic restoring force is movably disposed in the connecting component. When a part of the elastic conductive element protrudes beyond the connecting body, the elastic conductive element is connected to the second housing and the connecting body. | 11-21-2013 |
20140073152 | CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS ALLOWING XYZ TRANSLATION - The embodiments relates generally to the use of conductive connections for electrically grounding a series of conductive substrates. More specifically the embodiments teach configurations of conductive connections that do not overly constrain relative motion between the connected conductive substrates. Conductive pressure sensitive adhesive is used to attach opposing ends of the conductive connectors to the conductive substrates. A substrate portion of the conductive connectors is scored by a cutting device such as a die cutter to reduce rigidity of the substrate portion. | 03-13-2014 |
20140370727 | ADAPTER APPARATUS WITH SUSPENDED CONDUCTIVE ELASTOMER INTERCONNECT - An adapter apparatus for receiving a packaged device having a plurality of contact elements disposed on a surface thereof may include a conductive elastomer interconnect. The conductive elastomer interconnect may include a carrier having a plurality of openings defined therethrough from a first side to a second side thereof (e.g., the plurality of openings being arranged to align with the plurality of contact elements of the packaged device) and conductive elastomer suspended in each of the plurality of openings to contact a contact element of a plurality of contact elements of a packaged device when positioned adjacent the second side of the carrier. Further, the adapter apparatus may include one or more adapter wall members used with the conductive elastomer interconnect to define a socket cavity adapted to receive the packaged device. | 12-18-2014 |
20150357741 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH HIDDEN CONNECTOR - An electronic device has a self-healing elastomer applied over one or more external electronic connectors. The self-healing elastomer may obscure the electronic connectors from the user as well as provide environmental protection for the connector and the electronic device. Electronic probes may temporarily penetrate the self-healing elastomer to mate with the electronic connector. After removal of the probes the self-healing elastomer may elastically reform and self-heal. | 12-10-2015 |
20150372408 | Singulated Elastomer Electrical Contactor For High Performance Interconnect Systems and Method For The Same - A method and an electrical interconnect mechanism in which elastomeric pins are printed onto metal retainer tabs having at least one protrusion or tab extending laterally therefrom to engage a catch or recess of the laminated housing so as to locate each of the elastomeric pins and secure them within the housing. In one embodiment a champher may be employed with a catch or recess to engagely secure a second protrusion or tab extending laterally from another side of said elastomeric pin. In another embodiment the elastomeric pin may have a solid metal ring or a slide collar around the center of the pin wherein the ring has one or two tabs for engaging the recess in the housing and if preferred also the recess of a champfer. | 12-24-2015 |
20160006154 | ELECTRICAL PLUG CONTACT WITH CONDUCTIVE PLASTIC AND REDUCED CONTACT RESISTANCE - The present invention concerns an electrical plug contact ( | 01-07-2016 |
20160126641 | UNDERWATER CONNECTING APPARATUS AND ASSEMBLIES - A cable termination apparatus is disclosed for an underwater cable with a conductive core and an axially extending annular insulation portion is provided. The apparatus has a cable crimp for electrically connecting the conductive core of the underwater cable to a pin and a conductive crimp screen. The crimp screen is arranged such that when the termination is assembled a portion of the conductive crimp screen extends axially over and is radially outwardly of the annular insulation portion of the cable. | 05-05-2016 |
20160126655 | CONNECTOR - In a connector including a connection portion that is compressed between connection object members F and F′ and that conductively connects the connection object members F and F′ to each other, and a base portion that is connected to the connection portion and that forms a recess therein, the connection portion includes a plurality of conductive portions, each conductive portion having conductors arranged in a thickness direction and two electrode planes each in contact with the corresponding one of the connection object members F and F′, and a retaining portion that retains the conductive portion, the base portion including erect walls and a top wall portion so as to form a recess in the erect walls and the top wall portion, the base portion including, in the recess, partition walls so as to form accommodation portions that accommodate projecting parts S connected to the connection object member F. | 05-05-2016 |
20160204524 | Window Assembly With Electrically Conductive Compressible Member | 07-14-2016 |
439087000 | Rigid carbon conductive member | 1 |
20120045911 | SOCKET CONNECTOR HAVING CARBON NANOTUBE CONTACTS FOR SIGNAL TRANSMISSION AND METALLIC CONTACTS FOR POWER TRANSIMISSION - A socket connector includes a housing having a base and a plurality of sidewalls extending upwardly from the base. The base and the sidewalls define a receiving cavity for receiving an electronic package. A plurality of carbon nanotube contacts for signal transmission and a plurality of metallic contacts for power transmission are mounted within the housing respectively. | 02-23-2012 |
439088000 | Inductive shielding or arc suppressing means | 9 |
20100003840 | Dielectric Isolators - The present application is directed to dielectric isolators for use in aircraft fuel systems to control lightning induced current and allow dissipation of electrostatic charge. The dielectric isolators are configured to have a high enough impedance to limit lightning currents to low levels, but low enough impedance to allow electrostatic charge to dissipate without allowing buildup. Although the dielectric isolators may develop a potential difference across the dielectric length due to the effects of lightning currents and its inherent impedance, they are configured to withstand these induced voltages without dielectric breakdown or performance degradation. In one embodiment, the dielectric isolator includes a tube constructed of a composition including a thermoplastic organic polymer (e.g., PEEK) and carbon nanotubes, and a pair of couplings attached to opposing ends of the tube. The dielectric isolator is capable of exhibiting an electrical resistance from about 10 | 01-07-2010 |
20120258616 | ELECTRICAL INTERCONNECT DEVICE - An electrical interconnect device includes a substrate that has opposite first and second outer surfaces. Arrays of conductive elastomeric columns are held by the substrate. Each of the columns has opposite first and second ends. The elastomeric columns are internally conductive between the first and second ends. A shield is mounted exterior of the first outer surface of the substrate with the shield having an insulative carrier that holds an array of conductive pads arranged in a complementary pattern as the array of elastomeric columns. The conductive pads have inner surfaces and outer surfaces. The shield is positioned relative to the substrate such that the inner surfaces of the conductive pads engage the first ends of corresponding elastomeric columns. The outer surfaces are configured to engage corresponding mating contacts of an electrical component. | 10-11-2012 |
20120289068 | MITIGATING ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE USING DUMMY PLUGS - A system and method for mitigating EMI in an electronic device rely on a set of foam dummy plugs specially configured for insertion into socket connectors according to connector type. The foam plugs have no electrical terminals or wiring, but are made from a foam composite material that attenuates electromagnetic radiation by absorption. The foam composite material includes a foam matrix and electrically conductive particles impregnated within the foam matrix. A handle may be unitarily formed with the foam plug. The handle may include a stamped through-hole, forming a ring, to facilitate insertion and removal of the dummy plugs by hand. | 11-15-2012 |
20130157482 | DECOUPLING ARRANGEMENT - In various embodiments, apparatuses and methods are disclosed that may be able to implement a multi-layer, three dimensional routing between a decoupling component and an input port for a SoC or MCM. A three dimensional (3D) structure may provide a defined current return path from the decoupling component to the input port. The current return path may be constrained by design to provide an equal and opposite electromagnetic flux to the input port thereby reducing series inductance between the input port and the decoupling component. | 06-20-2013 |
439089000 | Sealing with coupled connector | 4 |
20080207022 | MEDIUM VOLTAGE SEPARABLE INSULATED ENERGIZED BREAK CONNECTOR - Medium voltage separable insulated connector system for power distribution systems and configured to make and break energized connections at rated voltage but in the absence of load current. | 08-28-2008 |
20090221163 | DUAL INTERFACE SEPARABLE INSULATED CONNECTOR WITH OVERMOLDED FARADAY CAGE - A dual interface separable insulated connector comprising a faraday cage molded over a bus bar for use in an electric power system and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The faraday cage can be disposed within a semi-conductive shell. The configuration of the separable insulated connector can provide for easier bonding between the faraday cage and insulating material. Additionally, the configuration can eliminate or reduce the need to coat the bus bar with an adhesive agent and to smooth the metal bus bar to remove burrs, other irregularities, and sharp corners from the bar. Manufacturing the dual interface separable insulated connector can include molding a semi-conductive rubber faraday cage over a conductive bus bar, inserting the faraday cage into a shell, and injecting insulating material between the faraday cage and shell. | 09-03-2009 |
20090275223 | Dual Interface Separable Insulated Connector with Overmolded Faraday Cage - A dual interface separable insulated connector comprising a faraday cage molded over a bus bar for use in an electric power system and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The faraday cage can be disposed within a semi-conductive shell. The configuration of the separable insulated connector can provide for easier bonding between the faraday cage and insulating material. Additionally, the configuration can eliminate or reduce the need to coat the bus bar with an adhesive agent and to smooth the metal bus bar to remove burrs, other irregularities, and sharp corners from the bar. Manufacturing the dual interface separable insulated connector can include molding a semi-conductive rubber faraday cage over a conductive bus bar, inserting the faraday cage into a shell, and injecting insulating material between the faraday cage and shell. | 11-05-2009 |
20090291575 | Laser sealing of injector solenoids - A solenoid coil/connector assembly includes a coil assembly having coil wires wound around a bobbin, an overmold encapsulating the coil assembly, and a plurality of seals formed between the bobbin and the overmold using laser light, the seals hermetically sealing the coil wires. By using a laser welding process for plastic materials directed at an internal interface between the bobbin and overmold the coil wires become hermetically sealed and moisture is thus prevented from gaining access to coil wires during use of the solenoid coil/connector assembly. | 11-26-2009 |
439090000 | Between parallel conductors | 1 |
20130252445 | Electrical Connectors Including Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) Absorbing Material - Examples of electrical connectors that incorporate electromagnetic interference (EMI) absorbing materials are described. In one example, an electrical connector includes a first pair of conductors, a second pair of conductors, and electromagnetic interference (EMI) absorbing material at least partially separating the first pair of conductors from the second pair of conductors. Each of the first and second pairs of conductors defines one of a differential pair or a signal conductor/ground pair. The EMI absorbing material may be configured to attenuate, primarily by absorption, an electromagnetic field generated due to transmission of electrical signals via one of the first pair and second pair of conductors to reduce the electromagnetic inference from the electromagnetic field on the other of the first pair and second pair of conductors. | 09-26-2013 |
439091000 | Adapted to be sandwiched between preformed panel circuit arrangements | 12 |
20080242128 | Elastomeric electrical contact - An electrical contact is provided that includes an elastomeric body extending between a base portion and a mating end portion. The elastomeric body includes a ledge extending from the mating end portion to the base portion of the elastomeric body. The ledge is defined by a portion of the elastomeric body. An electrically conductive pad extends over at least a portion of the mating end portion. An electrically conductive trace is formed on a surface of the ledge. The electrically conductive trace extends from the mating end portion to the base portion of the elastomeric body. The electrically conductive trace is in electrical contact with the electrically conductive pad for electrically connecting the electrically conductive pad with an electrically conductive element engaging the base portion of the elastomeric body. | 10-02-2008 |
20090156028 | COMPLIANT INTERCONNECT APPARATUS WITH LAMINATE INTERPOSER STRUCTURE - Apparatus to electrically connect a first electrical contact to a second electrical contact includes opposed upper and lower elastomer layers formed on either side of an electrically insulating intermediate layer together forming a laminate interposer structure having a thickness. An electrically conducting elastic column to provide a localized conductive path is formed through the thickness of the laminate interposer structure. The upper and lower elastomer layers provide compliance between the upper and lower elastomer layers and the elastic column, and the intermediate layer provides reduced compliance between the intermediate layer and the elastic column relative to the compliance between the upper and lower elastomer layers and the elastic column. | 06-18-2009 |
20090156029 | Separable electrical connectors using isotropic conductive elastomer interconnect medium - An electrical connector using an isotropic conductive elastomer as the interconnect medium. | 06-18-2009 |
20090263991 | Negative Thermal Expansion System (NTES) Device for TCE Compensation in Elastomer Compsites and Conductive Elastomer Interconnects in Microelectronic Packaging - A method for fabricating a negative thermal expanding system device includes coating a wafer with a thermally decomposable polymer, patterning the decomposable polymer into repeating disk patterns, releasing the decomposable polymer from the wafer and forming a sheet of repeating patterned disks, suspending the sheet into a first solution with seeding compounds for electroless decomposition, removing the sheet from the first solution, suspending the sheet into a second solution to electrolessly deposit a first layer material onto the sheet, removing the sheet from the second solution, suspending the sheet into a third solution to deposit a second layer of material having a lower TCE value than the first layer of material, separating the patterned disks from one another, and annealing thermally the patterned disks to decompose the decomposable polymer and creating a cavity in place of the decomposable polymer. | 10-22-2009 |
20090311890 | Conductive Contact Holder - A conductive contact holder includes an insulating holder member and a conductive block member. The insulating holder member is made of an insulating material and includes a first insertion hole through which a signal conductive contact inputting and outputting a signal to and from a circuit is directly inserted over substantially its full length. The conductive block member His made of a conductive material and includes a second insertion hole through which the ground conductive contact is inserted in partial contact therewith. | 12-17-2009 |
20110034047 | Negative Thermal Expansion System (NTES) Device for TCE Compensation in Elastomer Composites and Conductive Elastomer Interconnects in Microelectronic Packaging - A method for fabricating a negative thermal expanding system device includes coating a wafer with a thermally decomposable polymer, patterning the decomposable polymer into repeating disk patterns, releasing the decomposable polymer from the wafer and forming a sheet of repeating patterned disks, suspending the sheet into a first solution with seeding compounds for electroless decomposition, removing the sheet from the first solution, suspending the sheet into a second solution to electrolessly deposit a first layer material onto the sheet, removing the sheet from the second solution, suspending the sheet into a third solution to deposit a second layer of material having a lower TCE value than the first layer of material, separating the patterned disks from one another, and annealing thermally the patterned disks to decompose the decomposable polymer and creating a cavity in place of the decomposable polymer. | 02-10-2011 |
20110053393 | MINUTE CONNECTOR - A minute connector is provided with a first connecting member and a second connecting member. The first connecting member has a first conductive portion disposed at each of the bottom surface of a plurality of recessing portions set at an insulative first substrate connected to first ends, and first contacts made of first carbon nanotube bundles protruding from the surface of a first substrate at second ends. The second connecting member has second contacts made of second carbon nanotube bundles connected to second conductive portions disposed at each of the bottom surface of recessing portions set at an insulative second substrate corresponding to each of the first contacts at first ends. Each of the first carbon nanotubes contacts between the second carbon nanotubes with each other in an overlapping manner at the state that the first contacts are contacted with each of the corresponding second contacts. | 03-03-2011 |
20120202364 | COMPLIANT CONDUCTIVE NANO-PARTICLE ELECTRICAL INTERCONNECT - An electrical interconnect providing an interconnect between contacts on an IC device and contact pads on a printed circuit board (PCB). The electrical interconnect includes a substrate with a plurality of through holes extending from a first surface to a second surface. A resilient material is located in the through holes. The resilient material includes an opening extending from the first surface to the second surface. A plurality of discrete, free-flowing conductive nano-particles are located in the openings of the resilient material. The conductive particles are substantially free of non-conductive materials. A plurality of first contact members are located in the through holes adjacent the first surface and a plurality of second contact members are located in the through holes adjacent the second surface. The first and second contact members are electrically coupled to the nano-particles. | 08-09-2012 |
20130344719 | Connector - A connector, the connector comprises a tabulate main body and a plurality of tabulate conductors provided on the main body, nested with a pairing connector. Each conductor includes a tabulate terminal located in the main body and engaged with a pairing terminal of the pairing connector, and a rear end outwardly extended to the main body and connected to a terminal connecting part provided on the surface of a mounting part. A face of the rear end on the side of the mounting part is more distant to the surface of the mounting part than a face of the main body on the side of the mounting part. The rear end is connected to the terminal connecting part through an anisotropic conductive film provided between its face on the side of the mounting part and the terminal connecting part. | 12-26-2013 |
20140141632 | ELECTRICAL INTERCONNECT DEVICE - An electrical interconnect device includes an array of conductive elastomeric columns, each of the elastomeric columns extending between a first end and a second end and being internally conductive between the first and second ends. Upper and lower holders cover the array of conductive elastomeric columns. The upper holder has an upper substrate and a plurality of discrete upper pads held by the upper substrate and arranged in a complementary pattern to the array of elastomeric columns. The discrete upper pads cap corresponding first ends of the elastomeric columns. The lower holder has a lower substrate and a plurality of discrete lower pads held by the lower substrate and arranged in a complementary pattern to the array of elastomeric columns. The discrete lower pads cap corresponding second ends of the elastomeric columns. The upper and lower holders support the array of conductive elastomeric columns. | 05-22-2014 |
20150126051 | VERY LOW INDUCTANCE FLEXIBLE ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR INSERT - A connector insert comprising a plurality of layers of conductive elastomer, and a concomitant method of employing a connector insert, the method comprising the steps of fabricating a plurality of layers of conductive elastomer as an insert and placing the insert into a connector. | 05-07-2015 |
20150295337 | METHOD AND STRUCTURE FOR CONDUCTIVE ELASTOMERIC PIN ARRAYS USING SOLDER INTERCONNECTS AND A NON-CONDUCTIVE MEDIUM AND INDIVIDUAL SOLDERABLE COMPRESSION STOPS - A method and structure is provided for constructing elastomeric pin arrays using solder interconnects and a non-conductive medium. Pin to pin interconnects are constructed using a solder connection through a non-conductive medium. This structure eliminates the need for PCB structures as the medium, reducing manufacturing cost. In another embodiment a non conductive medium has holes therein and serves as a compression stop. One or more first elastomeric column is formed on an upper side of a conductive disc. The conductive disc is fixedly adhered to a pad located on an underside of the non conductive medium aligned so that the one or more first elastomeric column extends through said holes of the non conductive medium. One or more second elastomeric column is formed on an underside or bottom of the conductive medium or disc. A compression stop serves as a compression stop for said underside or bottom elastomeric column | 10-15-2015 |