Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
439499000 | Including connector housing surrounding cable | 23 |
20080207044 | Ribbon cable plug-in connector - A ribbon cable plug-in connector ( | 08-28-2008 |
20080214044 | FFC connector with enhanced structure - An FFC connector according to the present invention includes a FFC ( | 09-04-2008 |
20080242143 | CABLE CONNECTOR - A cable connector includes a housing, a first contact having a first contact unit opposed to a front surface of a cable and an engaging and pivoting unit opposed to a back surface of the cable, a second contact which is provided in the housing and which has a second contact unit opposed to the front surface of the cable and a wall opposed to the back surface of the cable, and a cover which is turnably supported on the engaging and pivoting unit by a through hole into which the engaging and pivoting unit is inserted and a cam unit engaged with the engaging and pivoting unit. The engaging and pivoting unit is engaged with the cam unit so that the cover can move in an inserting and releasing direction of the cable. The wall limits movement of the cover in an inserting direction of the cable. | 10-02-2008 |
20090011635 | Connector Housing Assembly and Method for Housing a Connector Contact Connecting a Wire to a Conducting Lead in a Piece of Foil - A connector housing assembly for accommodating a connector contact ( | 01-08-2009 |
20090011636 | FLEXIBLE FLAT CABLE CONNECTOR - The present invention discloses a flexible flat cable connector comprising an insulating body, a plurality of conductive terminals and a cover The conductive terminals are inserted into the terminal grooves of the insulating body, and the cover is assembled on the top of the containing space of the insulating body. The first switch terminal and the second switch terminal are disposed in the insulating body, and the first switch terminal is located above the second switch terminal. When a flexible flat cable which has a lobe located at the one side is inserted into the containing space, the lobe of the flexible flat cable can contact against on the first switch terminal which then presses downwardly to the second switch terminal so as to detect whether or not the flexible flat cable is correctly positioned, and cause the flexible flat cable to conduct with the conductive terminal. | 01-08-2009 |
20090137146 | Flexible cable positioning device - A flexible cable positioning device is disclosed. The flexible cable positioning device comprises a baseboard, a positioning housing, a cover and a flexible cable. The baseboard has a plurality of contact points. The positioning housing is located on the baseboard and corresponded to the contact points. The cover is mounted on the positioning housing, and has a plurality of protruding parts corresponding to the contact points. The flexible cable is accommodated removably in the positioning housing, and the flexible cable has a contact part disposed between the contact points and the protruding parts. The cover is for pressing and fixing the flexible cable into the positioning housing, and the protruding parts are for fixing the contact part of the flexible cable to the contact points of the baseboard. Therefore, the contact part of the flexible cable is electrically connected with the contact points of the baseboard firmly and stably. | 05-28-2009 |
20090137147 | Electric connector module - An electric connector module is disclosed. The electric connector module comprises a circuit board, an electric connector and a flexible flat cable. The electric connector is soldered to the circuit board which has a plurality of board terminal points. The electric connector has a pressing member and a positioning housing which has a body and lateral positioning arms located on each side of the body for forming a positioning space therebetween to accommodate the flexible flat cable. The pressing member is rotatably mounted between positioning arms by a rotating device. The pinch points are arranged evenly on the pressing member and their location are corresponding to the board terminal points. The pinch points are pressed onto the flexible cable for making the wire terminal points contact with the board terminal points tightly when the pressing member is placed in a closed position. | 05-28-2009 |
20090311906 | CABLE ASSEMBLY WITH JUMPER FUNCTION - A cable assembly, comprises a housing with a plurality of terminal receiving passages extending from a front surface to a rear surface thereof and arranged into an upper row and a lower row. A plurality of insulation displacement terminals are received into the corresponding terminal receiving passages; each insulation displacement terminal defines a connecting portion beyond the rear surface of the housing. A flat cable is defined by a plurality of conductors arranged side by side in a transverse direction and an insulative layer surrounding the conductors, and is pressed to the rear surface of the housing and insulation displacement connected with the insulation displacement terminals, each conductor of the flat cable electrically connects with two insulation displacement terminals in a vertical direction. And a cover is assembled to the housing and hold the flat cable to the housing. | 12-17-2009 |
20100068919 | CABLE CONNECTOR - A cable connector for connecting a flat cable having lead wires to a circuit board including a housing carrying terminals and an actuator moveable between a first position to enable insertion of the flat cable and a second position to connect the lead wires to the terminals. The actuator has a main body and further includes first shafts extending from opposite sides of the main body as well as second shafts carried in positions for engaging at least part of the terminals. The first shafts are supported by first bearing parts on auxiliary connector securing members carried on opposite sides of the housing while the second shafts are supported by second bearing parts of the terminals engaging the second shafts. When the actuator is in the first position, moment forces are generated on the first shafts and second shafts respectively by the first bearing parts and the second bearing parts which oppose movement of the actuator from the first position to the second position. The housing also includes concave and convex side portions which interact with the first shafts to further assist in the retention of the actuator in the first position. | 03-18-2010 |
20100159740 | CABLE ASSEMBLY HAVING HOLD-DOWN ARRANGEMENT - Provided is a cable assembly comprises an insulative housing having a plurality of contact terminals disposed therein. A plurality of conductive wires each is terminated with the plurality of contact terminals. And a hold-down arrangement is securely attached to the housing, and includes a metallic base portion substantially covering interconnection between the contact terminals and the conductive wires. The arrangement includes a first anchors interlocked to the housing, and a second anchors extending beyond a mating interface of the housing. | 06-24-2010 |
20100190373 | Flat cable connector - The present invention provides a flat cable connector including a set of flat cable with a contact portion, a connector body with a containing groove and a plurality of terminals, at least one fixing element and a cover. The fixing element is provided for fixing the flat cable into the containing groove, and the cover is fixed at the containing groove for protecting the terminal and the flat cable in the containing groove, while pressing the flat cable, such that the contact portion is securely contacted and electrically conducted with the terminal. The invention provides a flat cable connector featuring a convenient and quick installation, a secured structure and an easy way of changing components. | 07-29-2010 |
20100297872 | RELAY CONNECTOR FOR FPC USING ADHESIVE - A relay connector for connecting together two free ends of flat flexible cable (FFC) is provided with an insulative housing that has a body portion with two open ends that receive free ends of the FFC. The housing includes a terminal assembly disposed in its mid-section and this terminal assembly includes a base with terminals embedded therein. The terminals extend length-wise through the base and have their body portions held by the terminal assembly base so that free ends of the terminals are free to deflect under pressure. The terminals are formed so that their free ends extend at a slight upward angle. A sheet of a thermoplastic adhesive is interposed between the terminal assembly and the housing. Free ends of the FFC are pressed into alignment with the terminal ends under heat and pressure so that the adhesive becomes plastic and flows between the terminals into contact with the FFC. Once the adhesive cools and solidifies, the two free ends of the FFC are connected together. | 11-25-2010 |
20110008997 | CABLE ASSEMBLY WITH FLAT CABLE - A cable assembly includes an electrical connector, a flat cable, a flexible printed circuit electrically connecting the flat cable to the electrical connector, and a spacer fastened on the electrical connector for supporting the flexible printed circuit. The electrical connector includes an insulation housing and a plurality of terminals receiving in the housing and each of which has an tail exposed out of the housing. The flexible printed circuit includes a vertical connecting portion connected to the terminals of the electrical connector and a horizontal connecting portion separated from the vertical connecting portion and connected to one end of the flat cable. | 01-13-2011 |
20110130030 | FLAT CABLE CONNECTOR, HARNESS, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING HARNESS - A body housing supports a plurality of terminals, and an end of a flat cable that includes a conductor-exposed portion is disposed in the body housing. The cover housing is attached to the body housing, and holds the plurality of terminals and a plurality of conductors so as to be sandwiched between the body housing and the cover housing. The terminals are provided with a raised portion that is formed such that a portion of the terminals protrudes, and the plurality of terminals and the plurality of conductors in the conductor-exposed portion are respectively welded together by performing resistance welding with the terminals and the conductors abutting against each other via the raised portion. This enables welding to be performed with a small current with regard to resistance welding of the plurality of terminals of the flat cable connector and the plurality of conductors of the flat cable, thus reducing power consumption during welding, and can also achieve stable welding quality. | 06-02-2011 |
20110294341 | Connector for Connecting Cable and Terminal of Same - A low profile flat printed circuit connector has a plurality of terminals supported along a support bar. The terminals are spaced apart from each other and extend lengthwise in a connector housing. The terminals have body portions that engage the support bar and body portions that extend forwardly thereof. Contact portions are joined to the body portions and extend rearwardly and terminate in free ends so that they form a series of cantilevered contacts. | 12-01-2011 |
20120252260 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY - A SATA connector assembly is provided with an insulating housing, a plurality of data and power terminals, a PCB and an FFC, wherein the data and power terminals inserted in the insulating housing, the PCB secured to the insulating housing, the FFC soldered on the PCB, the data and power terminals are electrically interconnected the FFC by the PCB. The provision of the unitary construction feature of FFC can save the production cost due to its eliminating cable management equipment and the step of cable managing processes. | 10-04-2012 |
20130137293 | CONNECTOR FOR PLANAR CABLES - The present invention provides a connector for planar cables, which can reliably electrically connect a planar cable conductor and a mating terminal. The connector ( | 05-30-2013 |
20130217261 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY - Disclosed is an electrical connector assembly which comprises an insulative body, a PCB and a base. The insulative body comprises a plurality of first terminals, and the base comprises a plurality of second terminals. The first terminals and the second terminals are electrically connected through the PCB; wherein the base is disposed with a movable member. When the movable member is in an open status, an FFC is inserted into the base. When the movable member is in a close state, the movable member presses against a plurality of conductors of the FFC to establish an electrical connection with the second terminals. | 08-22-2013 |
20140017935 | FLEXIBLE FLAT CABLE ASSEMBLY - A flexible flat cable assembly comprises: a flexible flat cable having two opposite top and bottom surfaces, and defining a plurality of golden fingers exposed out of the top surface; and a base attached to the bottom surface of the flexible flat cable and defining a protecting portion formed on a front end thereof to shield front ends of the plurality of golden fingers. | 01-16-2014 |
20140220814 | Connector - A connector includes a flat shaped flexible wiring and a slider having a terminal insert part and an attaching face. A terminal formed in the flat shaped flexible wiring is connected to a mating terminal of a mating connector at the terminal insert part. The terminal insert part includes a stepped part and a plurality of protruding parts which are respectively extended rearward from the stepped part so that face positions of upper faces of the protruding part are flush with a face position of the lower face of the front end part of the terminal insert part. The end part of the flat shaped flexible wiring is arranged in a surrounding part surrounded by the attaching face, the upper faces and the stepped part. | 08-07-2014 |
20140242834 | INTEGRATED CONNECTOR/FLEX CABLE - A method and apparatus is disclosed herein for providing a connection between a connector and a flex cable. In one embodiment, the connector scheme comprises: a flex ribbon having first and second sides, the first side being opposite the second site, where the flex ribbon has one or more traces on the first side and a ground plane on at least a portion of the second side; and a connector into which the flex ribbon is inserted to make an electrical connection thereto, where the connector has a metal shell in electrical contact with the ground plane while having contacts in electrical contact with the one or more traces. | 08-28-2014 |
20150380846 | CONNECTOR - A connector for a flat connecting member having a plurality of circuits includes a terminal provided at an end portion of the flat connecting member and a resin slider that can be assembled to the terminal. When the terminal penetrates through the slider, in the process of this penetration, assembly holes of the terminal are fitted with locking projections of the slider and the assembly of the connector is completed. | 12-31-2015 |
20160380373 | CONNECTOR AND CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY INCLUDING THE SAME - A connector includes a first terminal accommodated in a first housing portion of a housing and a holding terminal accommodated in a second housing portion of the housing. The holding terminal is identical in shape to the first terminal and is configured to hold a cable. The first terminal has a contact point configured to come into contact with the cable. The holding terminal has a holding part corresponding in position to the contact point of the first terminal. When the housing is oriented so that the direction of inserting and removing the cable is horizontal, the holding part of the holding terminal accommodated in the second housing portion differs in position in height from the contact point of the first terminal accommodated in the first housing portion. | 12-29-2016 |