| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 439325000 | Coupling part for receiving edge of planar board moving parallel to plane | 85 |
| 20100159729 | SIM CARD FIXING ASSEMBLY - A SIM card fixing assembly is used for fixing a SIM card to an electronic device. The electronic device includes a housing. The SIM card fixing assembly includes a receiving portion defined in the housing, a rotary member and a latching member. The rotary member is rotatable relative to the housing. The latching member is slidably fixed to the rotary member. A side surface of the receiving portion defines a retaining groove to receive an end of the SIM card. The rotary member includes a latching portion. The latching member includes a first plate and a second plate extending from an edge of the first plate. The first plate includes a resilient hook extending toward to the second plate. The second plate defines a latching slot to receive the other end of the SIM card. When the latching member is slid relative to the rotary member, the other end of the SIM card is latched into the latching slot, the resilient hook is engaged with the latching portion. | 06-24-2010 |
| 20100075525 | Card Mounting Apparatus - A card mounting apparatus | 03-25-2010 |
| 20090124106 | FLAT CIRCUIT CONNECTOR - An electrical connector is provided for terminating a flat electrical circuit. The connector includes a dielectric housing having an opening at a front portion thereof for receiving an end of the flat circuit, along with a rear terminating portion. A plurality of terminals are mounted on the housing in a side-by-side array spaced along the opening. An actuator is movably mounted relative to the housing for movement between an open position allowing the end of the flat circuit to be inserted into the opening and a closed position to relatively bias the flat circuit against the terminals. The actuator has a dust cover portion for covering the rear terminating portion of the housing when the actuator is in its closed position. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20130065417 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - An electrical connector including a housing provided thereon with an opening through which a flat circuit device is inserted into the housing, a plurality of conductive contacts arranged on the housing, and a holding member formed in a body on the housing to be operative to hold the flat circuit device inserted in the housing and then to release the flat circuit device from holding by the holding member, wherein the holding member has a movable arm portion extending from an inside surface portion of the housing, and the movable arm portion is provided thereon with an engaging portion operative to engage with the flat circuit device inserted in the housing for holding the same and a releasing portion protruding from the movable arm portion through an aperture provided on the housing toward the outside of the housing and is operative to move the movable arm portion for disengaging the engaging portion from the flat circuit device. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130115796 | SURFACE CONTACT CARD HOLDER FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A surface contact card holder includes a housing and a tray assembly. The housing includes a receiving frame and defining a receiving hole. The tray assembly includes a tray and a cover. The tray is slidable and receivable in the receiving frame from the receiving hole, the tray is configured for carrying a surface contact card therein. The cover is pivotally attached to the tray and covering the receiving hole. The cover includes a first end and a second end. When the first end of the cover is pressed to pivot the cover, the second end of the cover moves out of the receiving hole, the tray is slid out of the receiving frame to allow insertion and removal of the surface contact card from the housing. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20110300734 | CARD EDGE CONNECTOR - A card edge connector includes an elongated housing having an upper face, a lower face and a mating groove defined therebetween and extending along a longitudinal direction. A plurality of terminal grooves are respectively defined between the upper face and lower face and in communication with the mating groove. A plurality of contacts are respectively received in the terminal grooves. Each contact includes a body portion, at least one retaining portion, a contacting portion and a soldering portion. The at least one retaining portion forms at least one barb thereon and is inserted into the terminal groove with the at least one barb interfering with an inner wall of the terminal groove until the at least one barb falls into a through hole defined on the inner wall of the terminal groove. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20120289074 | POWER STRIP DEVICE - A power strip device includes a casing and a plurality of socket modules. The casing has a casing body and a plurality of aligned retaining parts formed in the casing body. The socket modules are disposed respectively in the retaining parts. Each of the socket modules has a main body and a socket unit that is formed in the main body. The main body of at least one of the socket modules is movable between a first position to be aligned with the main body of the rest of the socket modules, and a second position to be misaligned with the main body of the rest of the socket modules. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20090305541 | CHIP CARD RETAINING MECHANISM AND PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD MODULE INCORPORATING SAME - A chip card retaining mechanism includes a first holding frame, a second holding frame and a circuitry. The first holding frame includes a latching portion and a connecting board. The latching portion defines a first receiving room for receiving a first chip card. The second holding frame is attached to the connecting board of the first holding frame, and is perpendicular to the latching portion of the first holding frame. The second holding frame defines a second receiving room for receiving a second chip card. The circuitry is formed on the connecting board and the latching portion. The first chip card is electronically connected to the second chip card via the circuitry. | 12-10-2009 |
| 20090291581 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY FOR MINIATURIZATION - An electrical connector assembly ( | 11-26-2009 |
| 20130012049 | DUAL INTERFACE CARD WITH BACKWARD AND FORWARD COMPATIBILITY - A memory card includes a first set of contacts and a second set of contacts. A first edge of the memory card includes an indentation. Insertion of the memory card into a first slot of a host device engages the first set of contacts. The indentation is configured to accept a pivoting lever arm located in the first slot when the memory card is inserted into the first slot. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20090258523 | CONNECTOR - A connector which makes it possible to positively maintain a locked state of an actuator, even if a flat cable is pulled. The actuator is mounted on a housing in a manner pivotally movable between an open position for accommodating a front end of an FPC in an accommodating space and a closed position for pressing the front end of the FPC against contact portions of contacts. Locking members are mounted on the housing in a manner slidable between a locked position for inhibiting the actuator in the closed position from opening and an unlocked position for allowing the actuator to open, along a direction of arrangement of the contacts. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20100297865 | ELELCTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH LOCKING PORTIONS FOR RATAINING CARD THEREIN - An electrical connector for receiving a card includes an insulating housing, terminals and a metal frame attached to the housing. The housing includes a base having a terminal-location portion, a pair of sidewalls extending a first direction and a rear wall adjacent to the terminal-location portion. The terminals are arranged in the terminal-location portion along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The metal frame is attached to the housing and includes a base portion located above the terminal-location portion to define a receiving slot between the terminal-location portion and the base portion for receiving a mating end of the card, the base portion is not beyond the terminal-location portion in the first direction and the receiving. The metal frame further includes a pair of locking portions adapted for pressing against a top face of the card to lock the card in the insulating housing and moving outwards in the second direction to release the card. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100279533 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH EXPANDED COVER - An electrical connector for electrically connecting a module to a printed circuit board, comprises an insulative housing receiving the module, a plurality of contacts received in the insulative housing and a cover pivotally assembled to the insulative housing. The cover presses upon the module and extends beyond a rear end of the insulative housing to further limit or press a part of the module exposed outside the insulative housing. The electrical connector can reliably retain the module. | 11-04-2010 |
| 20100167570 | CARD-EDGE CONNECTOR HAVING LATCHES INTERLOCKED WITH PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD - An electrical connector includes an insulative housing and at least one terminal, the insulative housing having a front face, at least one cavity and at least one receiving slot formed in the front face for receiving a printed circuit board and communicating with the cavity. The terminal retained in the respective cavity has a base portion, a contact portion extending into the receiving slot for resiliently abutting against the printed circuit board and a tail portion extending rearward from the base portion. The insulative housing has at least one lock arm formed integral therewith to fasten the printed circuit board. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20110053399 | Connector - A connector includes a connector assembly is supported by a moveable member that can move relative to a printed wired board in two directions and is urged to its center position by two oppositely disposed springs that each urge a contact member into a respective recess. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20090318006 | CONNECTOR - A connector capable of preventing a contact portion of a contact from being damaged. The contact is held by a housing having an accommodating portion for accommodating an inserting portion of an inverter board. The contact has a contact portion which is capable of being brought into contact with the inserting portion accommodated in the accommodating portion along the direction of the thickness of the inverter board. A slider which brings the contact portion of the contact into and out of contact with the inserting portion of an inverter board by sliding is slidably mounted on the housing. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20080268688 | Card Edge Connector - A card edge connector for electrically connects a mother board with a daughter board. The card edge connector includes an upper card edge connector with an insulating housing provided with a daughter board receiving recess. Latch arms extend from the insulating housing at both ends of the daughter board receiving recess. Each of the latch arms has a holding arm extending substantially parallel to a support arm. The holding arm is connected to the support arm by a folded portion. At least a portion of the support arm is divided into a first support section and a second support section. The first support section and the second support section each has an inclined portion extending diagonally away from the holding arm. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20110003499 | CARD CONNECTOR - A card insertion slot in the card connector through which two types of cards, large and small cards, can be selectively installed in a card accommodation space include first and second guideways in corresponding to the sizes of the cards. The card connector includes first and second contacts, a lock bracket configured to detect the width of the large card, an actuator configured to be rotatable, and a partition member including a partition plate configured to be movable. When the large card is inserted into the card connector, the lock bracket is moved from the first position to the second position. When the large card is further fed into the card connector, the actuator is rotated from the first position to the second position, and the partition plate is moved from the first position to the second position. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20100330833 | PCB CONNECTOR - For connecting multiple PC boards to form a PCB pane, a PCB connector is disclosed include a bearing strip, which has locating grooves spaced along the length, upright pins disposed in the locating grooves and inserted through respective through holes on connection portions of the PC boards to be connected and studs spaced along the length and disposed beyond the locating grooves, and a holding down strip, which has locating grooves corresponding to the locating grooves of the bearing strip for receiving the connection strips of the PC boards, pin holes respectively press-fitted onto the upright pins and sockets respectively fastened to the studs of the bearing strip. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20110189879 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - An electrical connector to be disposed on a circuit board includes a housing with two sidewalls, a plurality of first terminals, and a plurality of second terminals. The first terminals and the second terminals are attached to the one and the other of the sidewalls, respectively, and are situated near a bottom portion of the housing. The first terminal has a flexible first elastic arm portion. The first elastic arm portion extends upward. The first elastic arm portion has a first contact section that protrudes toward the flat conductive member. The second terminal has a flexible second elastic arm portion. The second elastic arm portion extends upward further than an upper end of the first elastic arm portion. The second elastic arm portion has a second contact section that protrudes towards the flat conductive member at a position above than the upper end of the first elastic arm portion. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20100022113 | CONNECTOR FOR CONNECTION TO A MODULE BOARD - Provided is a connector for connection to a module board including an eject mechanism selectively ejecting a module from a module accommodating section. The eject mechanism includes a locking member that has a locking nib engageable with a recess of a case of the module. The locking member is rotatably supported by a sidewall section of a guide rail member, and thus can stay in an opening of the sidewall section. An eject button of the connector for connection to a module board has an operation section provided with a flange. The flange is pressed against the inner peripheral surface of a housing of an electronic device by a biasing force of coil springs all the time except for when the operation section is pushed in. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20080248675 | SHIELDED SURFACE MOUNT CONNECTOR - A shielded surface mount connector mounted to a PCB includes a housing, a plurality of terminals and a shelter enclosing the housing. The housing provides a first protruding portion and a second protruding portion. The first and second protruding portions extend downwards respectively to form a first pillar and a second pillar. The shelter provides a first shielding portion and a second shielding portion for covering the first and second protruding portions respectively. The edges of the shielding portions extend downwards respectively to form a first inserting portion and a second inserting portion. As mentioned above, by inserting the first and second pillars and the two inserting portions into the corresponding holes of a PCB, the shielded surface mount connector is mounted to the edge of the PCB, which makes the electronic products much thinner due to the present invention, and saves more space of the PCB for other designs. | 10-09-2008 |
| 20080220642 | Card edge connector - A card edge connector ( | 09-11-2008 |
| 20110021052 | STACKED FPC CONNECTOR - A connector for joining together two lengths of FPC or FFC-type cable has a housing ( | 01-27-2011 |
| 20120129376 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - An electrical connector comprises a main body, a pair of first arm members extending from two opposite ends of the main body, and a pair of second arm members extending from the two opposite ends of the main body. The main body includes a front side having a lower region extending between the pair of first arm members and an upper region extending between the pair of second arm members, a first receiving slot formed on the lower region, and a second receiving slot formed on the upper region. Each of the first and second arm members includes an interfering portion, wherein the interfering portion of the second arm member is able to engage with the interfering portion of the respective first arm member when the respective first arm member moves toward an unlatched position. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20100304594 | Connector - A plate-like connection target is inserted into a connector along a first direction. The connector has a first metal member having a first metal abutment portion, a second metal member having a second metal abutment portion, and an actuator operable to push the second metal abutment portion toward the first metal abutment portion for holding the plate-like connection target between the first metal abutment portion and the second metal abutment portion in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction in a state in which the plate-like connection target has been inserted in the connector. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20090017663 | CARD PROCESSOR - A card processor of the present invention has: an insertion slot, into which a card is inserted; a carriage path, along which the card inserted from the insertion slot is carried; and a shutter mechanism driven to make the insertion slot closable, wherein the shutter mechanism includes an oscillating member oscillatably supported by a shaft, the oscillating member having a closing portion, formed on one end side, configured to make the insertion slot closable and a projecting/withdrawing portion, formed on the other end side, configured to be able to project and withdraw from the carriage path, and the oscillating member is bendably formed along a card carrying direction, and the closing portion of the oscillating member in a bent state comes into contact with the surface on the rear end side of the card when the front end side of the card moving along the carriage path presses the projecting/withdrawing portion. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20120231647 | ELECTRICAL CARD CONNECTOR - An electrical card connector ( | 09-13-2012 |
| 20100221942 | CARD CONNECTOR WITH DOUBLE LOCKING PORTIONS BETWEEN METAL SHIELD AND INSULATIVE HOUSING THEREOF - An electrical card connector ( | 09-02-2010 |
| 20120088388 | EDGE CONNECTOR - An edge connector is disclosed, having a configuration in which board contacting portions of terminals coming into contact with both ends of the board are displaced, an overall spring portion of each terminal applying an biasing force to the board contacting portions are displaced, and the surface of a cover member displacing the spring portion is configured as a sloped surface. Due to this configuration, it is possible to apply a stable biasing force to the board contacting portion without plastically deforming the terminals and to bring the board contacting portion of the terminal into secure contact with the board even when the thickness of the board varies greatly. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20130023142 | CONNECTOR - The invention provides a connector including a housing, contacts, and an actuator. The housing includes a first depression and second depressions. The second depressions are provided at opposite edges of the first depression and each include a bottom surface forming a slope. The contacts are arranged at intervals in the housing and each include a hook to be disposed within the first depression. The actuator includes bosses and a shaft. The bosses are received in the second depressions. The shaft is received in the first depression. When the actuator is in an upright position, the bosses are on the slopes and the shaft is positioned on the other side of the hooks. When the actuator rotates from the upright position to a lying position, the bosses rotatingly move up along the slopes and the shaft thereby move, to the one side to be engaged with the hooks. | 01-24-2013 |
| 439326000 | With angular mating | 12 |
| 20090017664 | Coplanar angle mate straddle mount connector - A straddle mount connector for connecting a daughter card to a circuit board includes a dielectric housing extending along a longitudinal axis. The housing has a daughter card side and an opposite straddle mount side. A longitudinally extending mating slot at the daughter card side is configured to receive a mating edge of the daughter card. A longitudinally extending mounting slot at the straddle mount side is configured to receive a mounting edge of the circuit board. The daughter card is inserted in the mating slot at an acute insertion angle with respect to a plane of the circuit board and rotated to a fully mated position wherein the daughter card is substantially coplanar with the circuit board. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20110171846 | Circuit Card Latching Arm Arresting Apparatus - A circuit card is retained in a socket by a pair of movable arms engaging opposite sides of the card and securing the card in the socket. An arresting member is engaged with a portion of the card and engaged with the opposite sides and each of the movable arms, whereby the movable arms are maintained in engagement with the opposite sides of the card. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20090280670 | SURFACE CONTACT CARD HOLDER - A surface contact card holder ( | 11-12-2009 |
| 20080261433 | Interconnect detection system - An interconnect detection system comprises a first connector member having a set of laterally spaced-apart contacts for communicatively engaging a corresponding set of contacts of a second connector member, at least two of the contacts of the first connector member offset a predetermined distance in a non-lateral direction away from at least two respective contacts of the second connector member. The system also comprises an indicator configured to provide an indication of contact between the at least two offset contacts of the first connector member with respective contacts of the second connector member to verify a valid interconnect between the first and second connector members. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20090035977 | SIM CARD SECURING DEVICE - A SIM card securing mechanism applied to a casing of a mobile phone is provided. The SIM card securing mechanism includes a SIM card holder used for carrying a SIM card, a restoring element, an elastic element, and a tenon structure. One end of the SIM card holder is connected to the casing, and the other end thereof has a first blocker. The SIM card holder may be rotated to be held in the casing or be exposed from a recess. One end of the elastic element is fixed on the casing. One end of the tenon structure is connected to the elastic element, and the other end thereof has a second blocker. The SIM card holder is rotated to allow the first blocker to be fastened with the second blocker via the resilience of the elastic element, and the SIM card holder may be held in the casing. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20110212642 | Receiving Unit for a Circuit Board Carrier, Connection System, Electric Machine With Receiving Unit and Motor Vehicle With Such an Electric Machine - A receiving unit is provided for a circuit board carrier, wherein the receiving unit has at least one electric contact. The circuit board carrier is insertable into the receiving unit at an angle to an end position of the circuit board carrier. The receiving unit is designed in such a manner that in an inserted state of the circuit board carrier there are in essence no bending forces that act on the circuit board carrier by way of the at least one electric contact. Furthermore, a connection system and an electric machine with such a receiving unit, as well as a motor vehicle with such a corresponding electric machine, are provided. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20080200057 | Half length SIM card reader with cover and hinge - The present invention is a half length SIM card reader with a cover and a hinge. By using the half length SIM card reader, the restriction area on the printed circuit board is very small. The restriction area is about half the size of a SIM card, unlike other SIM card readers which require space longer than the SIM card. By having a small footprint, additional components are able to be included on the printed circuit board. Furthermore, the assembled cover with the hinge provides vertical operation of the SIM card. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20110151700 | Card Connector - The connector of the present invention includes a base having a plurality of terminals for contacting the card and a cover for holding the card. In an embodiment, the base has two resilient plates extending from the base, each of the plates has a distal end at which an inner hinging portion is formed. The cover has an outer hinging portion engaged with the inner hinging portions to form a hinge such that the cover is pivotally mounted on the base and movable in relation to the base. Each of the resilient plates is L-shaped such that the hinge is deflectable from the base. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20090197452 | Electrical Connector - An electrical connector for accepting an edge of a circuit board having a notch and a plurality of circuit board electrical contacts disposed on the edge is disclosed. The electrical connector has an insulative housing that accepts the edge of the circuit board. A positioning protrusion is formed on the insulative housing and is at least partially receivable within the notch of the edge of the circuit board. A plurality of contacts are carried by the insulative housing and contact the circuit board electrical contacts. The positioning protrusion has a lower portion that is less than or the same thickness as a width of the notch, an upper portion that is thicker than the width of the notch, and a middle portion connecting the upper portion and lower portion, where the middle portion having a thickness that changes symmetrically. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090197453 | CONNECTOR FOR CARD - A connector for a card includes first contact terminals that come in contact with first outer connection parts of a card to be fitted, and second contact terminals that come in contact with second outer connection parts of the card. Contact parts of the first contact terminals that come in contact with the first outer connection parts, and contact parts of the second contact terminals that come in contact with the second outer connection parts are formed to face directions orthogonal to each other. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090017665 | CARD EDGE CONNECTOR - A card edge connector for electrically connecting an electronic card with an upper notch and a lower notch in its lateral edges to a circuit board includes an elongated insulating body, conducting terminals received in the insulating body and an ejecting mechanism pivotingly combined with at least one end of the insulating body. The ejecting mechanism includes a main portion, an ejecting portion and an operating portion. The ejecting portion and the operating portion respectively extend from two ends of the main portion. The ejecting mechanism further has a fastening portion for fastening the lower notch. The operating portion has an upper end surface through which an opening extends. The fastening portion is located under the opening. Using on the above structure, the electronic card can be easily secured in the insulating body. The present invention has a reduced height and lower cost, which is suitable for mass production. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20110159718 | CARD EDGE CONNECTOR - A card edge connector assembly comprises: a memory module comprising a first side portion, an opposite second side portion, and a plurality of conductive pads on a lower portion thereof, the lower portion extending from the first side portion to the second side portion; a card edge connector comprising an insulative housing having a first end, an opposite second end and a central slot extending from the first end to the second end to receive the lower portion of the memory module; and means identifying the corresponding memory module to be inserted into the central slot, comprising a key notch being defined at the second side portion of the memory module, and an arc pivot extending from the second end to engage with the key notch to guide the memory module to be rotated into the central slot along an anticlockwise direction. | 06-30-2011 |
| 439327000 | Retaining means exterior of slot | 42 |
| 20130102179 | LOCKING ASSEMBLY AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS USING SAME - A locking assembly used to lock an electronic device defining at least one latching hole in a communication apparatus includes a housing including a mounting board and a front board, a latching member fixed to the mounting board, a button member mounted between the front board and the latching member, an urging member pivotably connected to the housing and an elastic member elastically connected between the housing and the urging member. The latching member includes at least one latching portion to engage with the at least one latching hole. When the button member moves relative to the housing and compels the at least one latching portion to disengage with the at least one latching hole, the urging member is enabled to push the electronic device to move out from the communication apparatus via elastic deformation energy of the elastic member. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20110053400 | CARD EDGE CONNECTOR WITH AN IMPROVED RETAINER - A card edge connector ( | 03-03-2011 |
| 20100087080 | SURFACE CONTACT CARD HOLDER AND PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - A holder for a surface contact card includes a main body, a cover and an impeller. The main body provides a receiving bay receiving the surface contact card therein. The cover is disposed on the main body. The cover defines an opening. The impeller is slidably received in the opening for pushing the surface contact card to remove it from the receiving bay. A portable electronic device with the holder mounted on it is also disclosed. | 04-08-2010 |
| 20090111307 | Electrical card connector - An electrical card connector includes a metal shield ( | 04-30-2009 |
| 20110171847 | CARD EDGE CONNECTOR WITH FLOATING PAD - A card edge connector includes an elongated housing defining a mating cavity extending along a longitudinal direction and a pair of arms disposed at opposite ends of the mating cavity and a supporting portion unitarily extending forward from the housing. A plurality of contacts are divided into an upper row and a lower row and respectively secured on opposite sides of the mating cavity. Metallic devices comprise a pair of retaining members respectively attached to the arms and a pair of soldering pads respectively assembled onto the supporting portions along a front-to-rear direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. Each supporting portion defines a receiving slot running through a front face of the supporting portion and extending along the front-to-rear direction for receiving said soldering pad under condition that the soldering pad could floatably move within the receiving slot. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20090325414 | SECURE DIGITAL MEMORY CARD RETAINING MECHANISM - A secure digital memory card (SD card) retaining mechanism ( | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100248517 | CARD EDGE CONNECTOR HAVING ADDITIONAL GROUND CONTACT FACILITATING GROUNDING OF INSERTED MEMORY MODULE - A card edge connector includes an elongated housing defining a plurality of first and second terminal grooves at opposite sides thereof. A key is located between said first and second terminal grooves. A plurality of first and second terminals are respectively received in said first and second terminal grooves. The outmost of the first terminal together with the outmost of the second terminal are arranged as grounding terminals and form a diagonal configuration to contact with grounding pad defined on the memory module for eliminating EMI. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20090035978 | Modular DIMM carrier and riser slot - A modular DIMM carrier and riser slot device includes a slot section having a slot configured to hold a plurality of memory device planars, a first latch disposed at a first end of the slot section and pivotably connected to the slot section and capable of securing a first end of the memory device planars; a second latch disposed at a second end of the slot section and pivotably connected to the slot section and capable of securing a second end of a first memory device planar, and a third latch pivotably connected to the slot section and disposed intermediate between the first and the second latches, the third latch capable of securing a second end of a second memory device planar. The slot section has an auxiliary slot section defined as an section between the second latch and the third latch. The auxiliary slot section includes a notch for receiving the third latch when the third latch is in a disengaged position, a retention notch that restrains movement of the third latch when the third latch is in an engaged position, and a power and signaling section that includes power and signaling connections usable by one or more of the memory device planars. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20120244734 | CARD EDGE CONNECTOR WITH FLOATABLE GROUNDING PADS - A card edge connector for connecting a card to a printed circuit board includes an insulative housing, a plurality of contacts and a pair of grounding pads. The insulative housing has a lengthwise base portion having a card-receiving slot and a pair of locating arms having an extending portion which extends forwardly from the base portion. The contacts are retained in the insulative housing and extend into the card-receiving slot to electrically contact with the inserted card. The grounding pads each include a main body which has a frame and a solder pad. The locating arms each further include a spring fork-shaped locking portion extending from the extending portion for preventing the grounding pad releasing from the corresponding locating arm when the frame of the grounding pad is securely seated in the extending portion from the locking portion. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20110177707 | CARD EDGE CONNECTOR WITH IMPROVED RETAINER - A card edge connector includes an elongated housing, a plurality of contacts retained to the housing, and a retainer located at one end of the housing along an elongated direction of the housing. The housing has a pair of side walls and a central slot between the side walls. The retainer has a resilient retention arm and a rigid stop arm diverging from the retention arm along a transverse direction perpendicular to the elongated direction. The retention arm has a locking section extending along the elongated direction to lock a daughter board and an operating section obliquely extending from the locking section along a third direction different from both elongated direction and transverse direction. The stop arm has an abutting section behind the operating section along a fourth direction perpendicular to the operating section to limit a deflection of the operating section. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110081797 | MEMORY CARD CONNECTOR - A memory card connector is used for being plugged with a memory card. The memory card connector includes an insulating body having a plugging slot and two pivoting bases, two locking parts, and a plurality of conducting pins received in the insulating body. The memory card is plugged into the plugging slot. The two pivoting bases are respectively located at two sides of the insulating body. The pivoting base that is close to the plugging slot has a blocking portion. The two locking parts are respectively pivoted with the two pivoting bases for holding the memory card and can be entered by the blocking portion. The total height of the memory card connector is reduced. The required space for packaging and shipping the memory card connector is reduced to lower the shipping cost. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110021053 | CARD EDGE CONNECTOR WITH AN IMPROVED RETAINER - A card edge connector for mating with an electronic card includes an elongated housing ( | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110151701 | CARD-EDGE CONNECTOR - A card-edge connector may provide a physically secure attachment to a substrate without the use of removable hardware. The card-edge connector may include a straddle-mount card-edge connector housing and a retention assembly that extends from the connector housing. The retention assembly configured to releasably secure the connector to the substrate. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20120058661 | CARD CONNECTOR HAVING PIVOTAL LOCKING MEMBER FOR PREVENTING CARD FROM WITHDRAWING THEREFROM - A card connector includes an insulative housing, a number of contacts retained in the insulative housing, a metallic shell covering the insulative housing to jointly form a card receiving space, and a locking member pivotally mounted to the insulative housing. The locking member includes a card locking beam outside the card receiving space. The locking member is pivotable to an opening status where a card can be freely inserted into the card receiving space along a back-to-front direction, and the locking member is pivotable to a closed status where the card is restricted by the card locking beam in order to prevent the card from backwardly withdrawing from the card receiving space. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120156912 | CARD EDGE CONNECTOR - A card edge connector for mating with a corresponding daughter card | 06-21-2012 |
| 20110104926 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH AN IMPROVED BOARD LOCK - An electrical connector includes an insulative housing having a mating face, a mounting face, a pair of side walls, a elongated central slot recessed downwardly from the mating face, a first end wall and a second end wall, the central slot being positioned between the side walls, the first end wall and the second end wall, the side walls include a plurality of passageways communicating with the central slot; a plurality of contacts being retained in the passageways respectively and protruding into the central slot; a metal board lock extending downwardly through the first end wall and being attached to the first end wall; a retainer attached to the first end wall to mating with a corresponding card; the board lock is sandwiched between the retainer and the first end wall. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20120164864 | CARD EDGE CONNECTOR - A card edge connector is connectable to a card having a side edge. The card edge connector has a holding member extending in a first direction and a pair of arms each extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction from the holding member. Each of the arms includes an abutment portion and a spring portion. The spring portion is bendable elastically outward in the first direction. The spring portion has a latch and an abutting portion. The latch is engaged with the side edge of the card when the card edge connector is connected to the card. When the connected card presses the latch along a third direction perpendicular to both the first direction and the second direction, the abutting portion is brought into contact with the abutment portion so that the abutting portion regulates a movement of the latch in the third direction. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120122331 | Electrical Connector - An electrical connector includes an insulation body and a pair of securing mechanisms. The insulation body includes a card receiving passageway for receiving an electrical card therein. The pair of securing mechanisms are individually positioned at both ends of the insulation body. Each of the securing mechanisms includes a rotation member rotatably connected to the insulation body and rotatable about a vertical axis between a locked position and an unlocked position of the electrical card. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120129377 | Card-Edge Connector - A card-edge connector is provided for securing and electrically connecting an electronic card to a circuit board. The card-edge connector includes an insulating housing a pair of arms, and a pair of card-latching members. The insulating housing includes a receiving wall defining a slot there within. Each arm extends from ends of the receiving wall. A supporting base is disposed on and extending along a first side of each arm, and a guiding rail disposed on a second side of each arm. Furthermore, a fastener receiving passageway is disposed on each of an upper surface and a lower surface of each of the pair of arms. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120178276 | MOUNTING APPARATUS FOR EXPANSION CARD - A mounting apparatus for fixing an expansion card to an expansion socket with two latching members pivotably mounted to opposite ends of the expansion socket to engage with the expansion card, includes two engaging blocks attached to the opposite ends of the expansion socket below the latching members, and a fixing bracket attached to a side of the expansion socket. The fixing bracket includes two latching portions respectively formed from opposite ends of the fixing bracket, to correspondingly latch the engaging blocks, thus making tops of the engaging blocks resisting against bottoms of the latching members to prevent the latching members from pivoting. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120322286 | CARD EDGE CONNECTOR - A card edge connector ( | 12-20-2012 |
| 20130017700 | CIRCUIT BOARD CONNECTOR AND METHOD FOR CONNECTING CIRCUIT BOARDAANM TIAN; XiyongAACI BeijingAACO CNAAGP TIAN; Xiyong Beijing CNAANM LI; LingchangAACI BeijingAACO CNAAGP LI; Lingchang Beijing CNAANM LIU; YinongAACI BeijingAACO CNAAGP LIU; Yinong Beijing CN - A circuit board connector and a method for connecting circuit board. The circuit board connector includes: a housing, including a left side wall and right side wall opposite each other and a bottom wall arranged between the left and right side walls, the bottom wall provided with a plurality of contact pins, and the left and right side walls and the bottom wall forming an accommodation space for accommodating the circuit board; a cover, one end being connected to the housing, so that the cover may be opened or closed relative to the housing; and a locking device arranged on the housing and cover to lock the cover when the cover is closed. Reliable connection of the circuit board can be realized, without a gasket or a film, and also the circuit board can be locked firmly, preventing the rebounding of the hinge of the connector. | 01-17-2013 |
| 439328000 | Fingerlike grasping means comprising portion of coupling part | 20 |
| 20100022114 | CARD EDGE CONNECTOR AND LATCH THEREOF - This invention relates to a card edge connector and a latch thereof. The connector is used to receive a printed circuit card and includes a housing having two opposite ends, a card slot disposed between two opposite ends. The housing has a first width. The latch as a latch body portion, pivotally mounted on two ends of the housing for ejecting the card, and at least one through hole and a second width. The latch further has a latch head portion, extending from the body portion for latching the card, having at least one through hole and a third width. The second and third widths are substantially the same, and are smaller than the first width of the housing for improving heat dissipation. | 01-28-2010 |
| 20130034984 | LATCH FOR A CARD EDGE CONNECTOR SYSTEM - A latch for securing a circuit card assembly to a circuit board mounted card edge connector includes first and second arms disposed on opposite ends of the card edge connector. The first and second arms define a reception space that receives the circuit card assembly. The first arm has a deflectable spring latch that is movable between a released position and a latched position. The circuit card assembly is secured by the spring latch in the latched position. The second arm has a latch hook that is configured to hook around and engage a portion of the circuit card assembly during mating of the circuit card assembly and the card edge connector. The latch hook defines a pivot point for pivoting the circuit card assembly into the card edge connector during mating of the circuit card assembly and the card edge connector. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130040482 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH SIDE-MOUNTED LATCH - An electrical connector may retain a substrate in secure, mating engagement with the electrical connector. The electrical connector can include at least one attachment member that is configured to engage a side of the substrate so as to attach the electrical connector to the substrate when the electrical connector is mated with the substrate. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130040483 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH LATCH - An electrical connector may retain a substrate in secure, mating engagement with the electrical connector. The electrical connector can include at least one attachment member that is configured to be received in an aperture that extends through the substrate. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20100015835 | Edge Connector With Preload Caps - A circuit board edge connector includes an insulative housing and two opposing mating ends with a plurality of conductive terminals supported by the housing and extending between the two ends. One end of the connector mates with an opposing connector and the other end has a slot disposed therein that receives the mating edge of a printed circuit card or board. The terminals at the end of the connector extend outwardly in a cantilevered fashion and they terminate in free ends that contact conductive pads on the edge of the circuit card. A preload cap is provided that includes two parts that interfit with each other and with the circuit card mating end of the connector. These preload caps engage the terminal free ends and impart a preload to the terminals so that the circuit card may be easily inserted into the connector slot and the caps are subsequently removed from the connector. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20130059458 | CARD EDGE CONNECTOR - A card edge connector for receiving an electronic card to be inserted therein includes an insulating body, with a slot formed therein for receiving the electronic card therein; multiple conductive terminals, accommodated in the insulating body, in which each of the conductive terminals at least partially enters the slot and contacts the electronic card therein; and at least one latch. The latch includes a connecting arm with one end disposed in the insulating body and located at a side of the slot; a bent section, extending backward from the other end of the connecting arm and bent toward a side away from the electronic card; and a guide chamfer, disposed at a side of the bent section close to the electronic card and inclined downward. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20100267267 | CARD CONNECTOR WITH A SPRING MEMBER FOR RETAINING AN ELECTRICAL CARD - A card connector includes an insulative housing ( | 10-21-2010 |
| 20090286416 | Electrical card connector with improved detecting switch - An electrical card connector for receiving a card comprising: an insulative housing( | 11-19-2009 |
| 20080287002 | SET OF CIRCUIT BOARD CONNECTORS - A horizontal connector ( | 11-20-2008 |
| 20090117769 | APPARATUS FOR HOLDING A SIM CARD - The invention relates to a device for holding a SIM card with a SIM card reader, wherein the SIM card reader has a push-push mechanism by means of which the SIM card can be latched into a reading position and unlatched from the reading position into a removal position by repeatedly pressing the SIM card in a direction of insertion. In this arrangement, the SIM card reader is arranged on a rocker which is suspended to pivot between two end positions in a slot of a housing, wherein the SIM card reader is covered by a cover, wherein the cover closes off the slot in the first end position of the rocker and wherein the cover can be displaced against a restoring mechanism in the direction of insertion of the SIM card in the second end position of the rocker. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090221172 | Latching device for locking a daughter board in an edge connector - A latching device includes a base member of insulating material including a bridge portion and a pair of board-connecting portions connected by the bridge portion; a metallic latching member located at a front face of the bridge portion of the base member and including a latching portion toward a top face of the board-connecting portion; a metallic grounding member including a bridge portion and a pair of connecting portions extending downwards from two opposite ends of the bridge portion; each connecting portion including a first retaining portion and a second retaining portion and retained in corresponding slots defined on a rear face of the board-connecting portion. The grounding member is secured to a rear of the base member, the first retaining portion is located higher than the second retaining portion. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090111308 | LATCH, LATCH-MOUNTABLE CONNECTOR HOUSING, AND LATCH-MOUNTABLE CONNECTOR - A metal-latch-mountable connector housing | 04-30-2009 |
| 20110111614 | Card edge connector - A card edge connector has a plurality of contacts, a housing configured to hold the plurality of contacts arranged in a first direction, and a pair of arm members held on the housing so as to extend along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. Each of the arm members includes a latch portion and an interference portion. The latch portion is configured to engage with a side edge of a card when the card is connected to the card edge connector. The interference portion is configured to interfere with the side edge of the card in the first direction so as to prevent the latch portion from engaging with the side edge of the card when the card is improperly connected to the card edge connector. The interference portion projects inwardly in the first direction beyond the latch portion. | 05-12-2011 |
| 20110151702 | CARD EDGE CONNECTOR WITH RETAINING DEVICE - A card edge connector includes an elongated housing defining a mating cavity extending along a longitudinal direction and a pair of arms disposed at opposite ends of the mating cavity. Each arm has a locking arm and a stopping arm spaced from each other while commonly extending forward from the housing. A receiving space is defined between the pair of locking arms for receiving said electrical card while the stopping arm is located at a lateral side of the locking arm beyond said receiving space. A plurality of contacts are secured on opposite sides of the mating cavity. A pair of retaining device, each comprises a base plate attached to the locking arm and a retaining portion extending toward the housing and secured in the housing. A blocking portion extends outwardly from the base plate of the retaining device and stands at an exterior side of the stopping arm for preventing the locking arm from moving inwardly overly. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20090035979 | Reduced Footprint Memory Module Connector and Latching Mechanism - One embodiment of a memory module connector includes a connector body having a slot for removably receiving a DIMM and a latching mechanism for facilitating the insertion and removal of the DIMM from the slot. The footprint of the connector may be minimized in at least four ways: (1) by orienting a lever's pivot axis so that it is parallel with a plane of the DIMM, (2) by laterally spacing the pivot axis with respect to this plane, (3) by positioning the latch at the end(s) of the connector, and (4) by uniquely sculpting the latch to minimize its contribution to the overall footprint of the connector. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20100055956 | SLIDING CONTACT RETAINING DEVICE - In a sliding contact retaining device for a contacting device of a rotor, the rotor can have a plurality of slip rings, wherein the contacting device serves to retain the sliding contact retaining device, and wherein an electrical contact can be established between the slip rings of the rotor and sliding contacts of the sliding contact retaining device, wherein using the sliding contact retaining device, sliding contact retainers can be disposed in a first and a second serial arrangement parallel to a rotational axis of the rotor, and wherein adjacently arranged slip rings can be contacted alternately from a sliding contact of the first serial arrangement and a sliding contact of the second serial arrangement, wherein the sliding contact retaining device has at least one holding device for receiving at least two serial arrangements of sliding contact retainers. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100261369 | CONNECTOR - A connector includes an insulator having an accommodation space into which an object to be connected to the connector is removably insertable, the object being a thin plate having a pair of engaging recesses at opposite side edges thereof; at least one contact fixed to the insulator, the object being connected to the contact upon insertion into the accommodation space; and a pair of resilient engaging protrusions, each having an engaging portion, which are resiliently deformable away from each other in a plane in which the object lies, the engaging portions being respectively engaged in the pair of engaging recesses of the inserted object. A distance between the engaging portions of the pair of resilient engaging protrusions in a free state is smaller than a width of an insertion end of the object which is to be inserted into the accommodation space. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20090017666 | Electrical Connector Socket With Latch Mechanism - An electrical connector for receiving a daughter card having a plurality of conductive surfaces is described. The electrical connector has a socket with an elongated slot for receiving the daughter card. The slot has electrical terminals for engaging the plurality of conductive surfaces on the daughter card and for electrically connecting the daughter card to the connector. A latch at each end of the elongated slot secures the daughter card to the connector. The latch includes a pair of inwardly directed opposing securing hooks and a pair of unlocking members. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20110045681 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - An electrical connector includes a plastic base and an engaging member. The base has a longitudinally extended connection slot to be connected to a circuit board having one side formed with a notch. The engaging member disposed on one side of the base has an elastic arm, which has a handle, a guide-in inclined surface, an engaging portion and an elastic member. When the circuit board is inserted into the slot, the one side thereof presses the guide-in inclined surface to make the arm elastically move outwardly. When the arm elastically moves back, the engaging portion engages with the notch. When the handle is moved to make the arm elastically move outwardly and to disengage the engaging portion from the notch, the elastic member can stop the engaging member from elastically moving back to engage with the notch, so that the circuit board can be conveniently taken out. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20120322287 | SOCKET AND MOTHERBOARD WITH THE SAME - A socket for selectively mounting on a board includes a housing and a latch. The housing includes a first side plate and a second side plate parallel to the first side plate. The first and second side plates define an elongated slot therebetween for reception of the board. The latch includes an axle, a body and a fastening portion. The axle is pivotably coupled to the housing at one end of the slot. The body has one end joined to the axle and the other end to the fastening portion. The fastening portion is constructed for engagement with the board. In addition, the lateral width of the body of the latch in the direction along the width of the first side plate is smaller than that of the axle in the same direction. | 12-20-2012 |
