Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
439636000 | Contacts within slot engage opposite sides of printed circuit board | 31 |
20080274649 | Electrical connector assembly having selective arrangement of signal and ground contacts - An electrical connector assembly includes a housing having an array of compartments, and substantially identical signal contact assemblies arranged in sets, each including a pair of the signal contact assemblies arranged opposite first and second orientations, and selectively installed in a respective pair of compartments. One ground contact may form a signal-signal-ground pattern, while two ground contacts may form a signal-signal-ground-ground pattern. Additionally, an electrical connector assembly includes a housing having at least two substantially identical signal contact assemblies, one in a first orientation, another in a second orientation. At least one recess is formed within the signal contact assembly; and at least one protruding ridge extends from the signal contact assembly. The recesses of the signal contact assembly in the first orientation receive at least one of the protruding ridges in a second orientation. The protruding ridges in the first orientation engage with the recesses in the second orientation. | 11-06-2008 |
20090203263 | Interconnection assembly for printed circuit boards - An apparatus electrically interconnects pins that project from the rear side of a backplane in separate arrays corresponding to respective circuit boards at the front side of the backplane. The apparatus comprises a connector board assembly extending across the rear side of the backplane between separate arrays of pins. The connector board assembly has signal routing circuitry that electrically interconnects those separate arrays of pins. This enables the respective printed circuit boards to be electrically interconnected independently of any signal routing circuitry within the structure of the backplane. Accordingly, the apparatus preferably includes a backplane that is free of signal routing circuitry for interconnecting pins that extend through the backplane. | 08-13-2009 |
20090291596 | STACKING CONNECTOR - A stacking connector is formed by a connector main body and a plug substrate, the connector main body has a substrate sandwiching member including a sandwiching gap into which the plug substrate fits, and a projection projecting into the sandwiching gap, the plug substrate has a concavity with which the projection engages in both top and bottom surfaces, and, after inserting the plug substrate into the sandwiching gap of the substrate sandwiching member, by sliding the plug substrate in a direction at right angles to the insertion direction, the concavity engages with the projection and the plug substrate is linked to the connector main body in an unremovable state. | 11-26-2009 |
20100062649 | EDGE CONNECTOR - An edge connector for transmitting signals at a high frequency, for example in a system environment with a frequency higher than 2.0 GHz or 3.0 GHz, is provided. The connector includes a housing and at least a first and a second conductors disposed in the housing. Each conductor has a contact portion and a terminal portion, and each contact portion form a contact surface. The at least first and second conductors are disposed in the housing in such a manner that, both the contact surfaces face a first direction, the terminal portion of the first conductor is offset from the contact portion of the first conductor along the first direction, and the terminal portion of the second conductor is offset from the contact portion of the second conductor along a second direction which is opposite to the first direction. | 03-11-2010 |
20100099306 | INTERCONNECTION ASSEMBLY FOR PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS - An apparatus electrically interconnects pins that project from the rear side of a backplane in separate arrays corresponding to respective circuit boards at the front side of the backplane. The apparatus comprises a connector board assembly extending across the rear side of the backplane between separate arrays of pins. The connector board assembly has signal routing circuitry that electrically interconnects those separate arrays of pins. This enables the respective printed circuit boards to be electrically interconnected independently of any signal routing circuitry within the structure of the backplane. Accordingly, the apparatus preferably includes a backplane that is free of signal routing circuitry for interconnecting pins that extend through the backplane. | 04-22-2010 |
20100248551 | CARD CONNECTOR - A card connector includes a housing including an insertion part into which a card is to be inserted; and a switch mechanism including a movable terminal and multiple fixed terminals. The movable terminal is configured to deform elastically in response to being pressed by the card upon the insertion of the card into the insertion part. The fixed terminals are provided in a direction in which the movable terminal is displaced by the elastic deformation. The movable terminal is configured to be in contact with or out of contact with at least one of the fixed terminals based on the amount of displacement of the movable terminal according to the presence or absence of the card in the insertion part and the shape of the card. | 09-30-2010 |
20110034085 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH CONDUCTIVE TERMINALS - An electrical connector adapted for electrical connection with an electronic card. The electrical connector includes a plurality of conductive terminals, each of the terminals being bent and having a fixed segment, and a connecting segment bent from one end of the fixed segment, and resilient segment bent from the other end of the fixed segment at one end thereof. Further there is a contact segment bent from the other end of the resilient segment and having an uneven surface that serves as a wiping unit and that is adapted to move over the electronic card to wipe out dust and contaminants from the electronic card when the electronic card is assembled to the electrical connector. | 02-10-2011 |
20110136387 | CARD EDGE CONNECTOR - A connector comprises a housing, a lever and a lock portion. The housing receives terminals. The lever is rotatably attached to the housing, and is configured to be rotatable between a first position, where an initial stage of fitting of the connector to a counterpart connector is established, and a second position, where the fitting thereof to the counterpart connector is completed. The lock portion is capable of locking the lever at the second position. The lock portion is slidably attached to a body portion of the lever, and is configured to be slid between a lock position where the lever is locked and a lock release position where the lever is released. The lever is provided with a positioning latch-portion that is configured to latch the lock portion at the lock position and the lock release position. The positioning latch-portion is provided with a concaved latch-portion and a convexed latch-portion that is configured to be elastically displaced to be engaged in or disengaged from the concaved latch-portion. | 06-09-2011 |
20110300760 | ELECTRICAL CARD-EDGE CONNECTOR - A card-edge connector has a housing that includes a housing body, and a plurality of electrical contacts carried by the housing body. The housing is devoid of mounting ears that would extend out from the housing body. Rather, the housing includes opposing mounting guides carried by opposed housing side walls that are configured to receive a complimentary circuit board that the card-edge connector is mounted to. | 12-08-2011 |
20120225588 | CARD EDGE CONNECTOR - A card edge connector is provided for mating with a printed circuit board (PCB) having a card edge. The connector includes a housing having a card slot. The card slot is configured to receive the card edge of the PCB therein. The card slot includes opposing first and second sides. Signal contacts are held by the housing. The signal contacts include signal mating segments arranged in opposing first and second rows that extend along the opposing first and second sides, respectively, of the card slot. The signal mating segments are arranged in differential signal pairs, wherein the signal mating segments within a differential pair are arranged within the same row of the first and second rows. A ground contact is held by the housing. The ground contact includes a base and first and second ground mating segments that extend outwardly from the base. The first and second ground mating segments are arranged along the first and second sides, respectively, of the card slot such that the first and second ground mating segments are configured to engage the card edge therebetween. The first and second ground mating segments include springs that resiliently deflect when engaged by the card edge. | 09-06-2012 |
20130040498 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR - The present invention relates to an electrical connector. The electrical connector includes an insulating body having a plurality of card slots recessed at a front end. The insulating body has adjacent a plurality of first and second receiving slots disposed at a rear end of the card slots. Each of a plurality of first terminals has a first connecting portion received in the first receiving slot. Each of a plurality of second terminals has a second connecting portion received in the first receiving slot. The second terminal has an extending portion extending laterally, entering the first receiving slot, and disposing in a front-rear manner relative to a corresponding part of the first terminal. The insulating body has a gap defined between the extending portion and an adjacent extending portion. | 02-14-2013 |
439637000 | Separate mutually insulated contacts on opposite longitudinal sides of slot | 20 |
20080207059 | CROSSTALK REDUCTION IN DUAL INLINE MEMORY MODULE (DIMM) CONNECTORS - A DIMM connector having reduced crosstalk includes ceramic particles having a high dielectric constant and/or composite fibers mixed into materials used for fabricating a connector housing of the DIMM connector. | 08-28-2008 |
20080214054 | Plug connector with improved cable arrangement - A plug connector ( | 09-04-2008 |
20090068897 | Slot connector - A slot connector includes: a lengthwise insulating body, an upper row of conductive terminals and a lower row of conductive terminals. The insulating body is provided with a lengthwise slot for receiving an electric card. The upper and lower sides of the slot are provided with a receiving groove for receiving the conductive terminals respectively. At least one receiving groove for receiving the conductive terminals is provided with a second abutting block. The lower row of conductive terminals extends to form a second abutting portion from its contacting portion along the inside of the slot. When the contacting portion of the lower row of conductive terminals is compressed, the second abutting portion abuts the second abutting block on the insulating body and slides with respect to the second abutting block so that the second abutting portion can provide a supporting force to the contacting portion. | 03-12-2009 |
20090130908 | Memory module, socket and mounting method providing improved heat dissipating characteristics - In a memory module, a gap filler for eliminating an air gap may be formed on an end of a PCB where a tab may be formed. The gap filler may be formed on a surface of a socket receiving the memory module. A grease may be coated on the tab to provide a heat conduction path away from the memory module. | 05-21-2009 |
20090191764 | Card edge connector and method of manufacturing the same - A card edge connector includes a housing, a first conductive part, a second conductive part, a connecting element, a first harness, and a second harness. The housing has an insertion hole for receiving an electronic substrate therein. The first conductive part and the second conductive part are disposed in the insertion hole and are configured to come in contact with respective terminals disposed on a surface of the electronic substrate. The connecting element is coupled with the second conductive part and extends in a direction approximately vertical to a planer direction of the electronic substrate so as to be away from the surface of the electronic substrate. The first harness is coupled with the first conductive part and the second harness penetrates a penetrated part of the connecting element. | 07-30-2009 |
20090197472 | Electrical card connector assembly - An electrical card connector assembly ( | 08-06-2009 |
20090197473 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND CONNECTOR THEREOF - A connector including an insulating housing, a plurality of signal terminals, and at least a metal fixing element is provided. The signal terminals are disposed in the insulating housing, wherein a portion of each signal terminal is protruding out from the insulating housing. The metal fixing element has an inserting part and a fixing part connected to the inserting part. The inserting part is inserted in the insulating housing, and the fixing part is protruding out from the insulating housing at a same side with the signal terminals. The connector is suitable for welding on a circuit board through the fixing part. | 08-06-2009 |
20090215318 | Card edge connector device and method - A device may include a card including a card connector and/or a card edge lockshield disposed on at least a card connector first side. Additionally, a computer system may include a motherboard including at least one mating connector and/or at Least one card including a card connector and a card edge lockshield disposed on at least a card connector first side. Further, a method for providing the device and/or computer system is disclosed. | 08-27-2009 |
20100003856 | CARD EDGE CONNECTOR - A card edge connector includes an insulating body having opposite lateral side frames for mounting respectively two metallic pieces thereon, and terminals mounted in the insulating body and coupled to a circuit board. When an insertion side with conductive terminals of an electronic card is inserted into an insertion groove in the insulating body, the conductive terminals contact respectively contact portions of the terminals extending into the insertion groove. Each metallic piece includes first and second resilient arms extending from a base, and a carved metallic piece extending from the first resilient arm. When the insertion side of the electronic card is inserted into the insertion groove, each lateral side of the electronic card is clamped between the anchoring member and the second resilient arm of a corresponding metallic piece, and is formed with a notch engaging a projection of the second resilient arm of the corresponding metallic piece. | 01-07-2010 |
20100178808 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR FOR ELECTRONIC MODULES - An electrical contact includes a body extending along a longitudinal axis. The body includes a mating contact portion for electrical connection with an electronic module, an intermediate portion extending from the mating contact portion, and a mounting contact portion extending from the intermediate portion for electrical connection with a circuit board. The mounting contact portion extends from the intermediate portion at a bend. The mounting contact portion extends from the bend to an end portion. The body also includes a push surface formed when a carrier strip that initially connects the electrical contact to other electrical contacts is separated from the electrical contact. The push surface is offset from the bend along the longitudinal axis in a direction away from the mating contact portion. | 07-15-2010 |
20100317234 | CARD EDGE CONNECTOR WITH IMPROVED SOLDERING PORTIONS OF TERMINALS - A card edge connector includes an elongated insulative housing, a plurality of first terminals, a plurality of second terminals retained in the insulative housing. The insulative housing defining a central slot, a first side wall, and a second side wall opposite to the first side wall. The first terminals each defines a first level soldering portion extend out of the first side wall in a width direction of the insulative housing. The second terminals each defines a second level soldering portion merely under the insulative housing to closer to the first soldering portions for occupying less area of a mother board. | 12-16-2010 |
20110021080 | Card edge connector and method of manufacturing the same - A card edge connector for electrically connecting harnesses to contact electrodes that are located in different positions on a surface of an electronic substrate in an insertion direction includes a housing, harness terminals, and relay terminals. The housing defines a substrate insertion hole for receiving the electronic substrate. The harness terminals are separately connected to the harnesses and located in different positions in a height direction perpendicular to the insertion direction. The relay terminals separately connect the harness terminals to the contact electrodes upon insertion of the electronic substrate into the substrate insertion hole. | 01-27-2011 |
20110136388 | STRADDLE CARD EDGE CONNECTOR - A card edge connector includes an elongated housing and a number of contacts retained in the housing. Each contact has a retaining portion retained in the housing, a contact portion forwardly extending from a front end of the retaining portion and a connecting portion backwardly extending from a rear end of the retaining portion. The contacts are arranged in two rows and formed with a first receiving space between two rows of contact portions to receive a module and a second receiving space between two rows of connecting portions to receive a mother board. The first receiving space defines a first centre line along an insertion direction of the module. The second receiving space defines a second centre line which is parallel to the first centre line and offset to the first centre line along an up to down direction perpendicular to the insertion direction. | 06-09-2011 |
20130045637 | Card Connector - A card connector includes a body, a first contact, and a second contact. The body includes an electrical card receiving groove with an upper sidewall and a lower sidewall. The upper sidewall includes a first contact slot, while the lower sidewall includes a second contact slot. The first contact is positioned in the first contact slot and includes a first securing portion secured to the body, a first elastic portion extending from the first securing portion, and a first contact portion positioned at an end of the first elastic portion. The second contact is positioned in the second contact slot and includes a second securing portion secured in the second contact slot, a second elastic portion extending from the second securing portion, and a second contact portion positioned at an end of the second elastic portion and extending away from the second securing portion and the second elastic portion. | 02-21-2013 |
20130084754 | CARD EDGE CONNECTOR - A card edge connector for mating to a flex circuit includes a housing having a front, a top and a bottom. The housing has a slot between the top and the bottom. The slot is open at the front. The slot is configured to receive a flex circuit therein. Upper contacts are held by the housing between the slot and the top. The upper contacts are exposed in the slot for mating with an upper surface of the flex circuit. Lower contacts are held by the housing between the slot and the bottom. The lower contacts are exposed in the slot for mating with a lower surface of the flex circuit. | 04-04-2013 |
20130337694 | Card Edge Cable Connector Assembly - A card edge connector assembly is disclosed. The card edge connector assembly includes an insulating housing, a first circuit board, a line transmission device, and a covering body. A plurality of first terminals and second terminals are inserted into the insulating housing. The first terminals and the second terminals are electrically connected to the line transmission device via the first circuit board. The first terminals are above the second terminals and mating portions of the first terminals and the second terminals stretch into a plug space of the insulating housing. In this way, the plug space can be used for the second circuit board to plug in such that the first terminals and the second terminals are electrically connected to the second circuit board. | 12-19-2013 |
20140235107 | MEMORY SOCKET WITH SPECIAL CONTACT MECHANISM - A memory socket with a special contact mechanism comprising a plurality of socket pins arranged in two opposite rows leaning respectively against two inner projecting portions in a socket frame, and an interacting member movably installed between the two rows of the socket pins having a cam portion to pushes the socket pin at both sides away from the interacting member during the insertion of a memory module, so that the socket pin may be bended to contact he inserted memory module. | 08-21-2014 |
20140378002 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH UNIVERSAL STRUCTURE FOR DIFFERENT CONTACTS - An electrical connector includes an insulative housing, and a number of conductive contacts. The conductive contacts include a first contact and a second contact. The first contact includes a first retaining portion, a first contacting portion extending from the first retaining portion, and a first termination portion extending from the first retaining portion. The second contact includes two second retaining portions, two second contacting portions extending from respective second retaining portions, and a second termination portion extending from the second retaining portions. The structure of the first contacting portion of the first contact is identical to that of one of the two second contacting portions of the second contact, and the structure of the first retaining potion of the first contact is identical to that of one of the two second retaining portions of the second contact. | 12-25-2014 |
20150140866 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR HAVING AN INSULATIVE PLATE WITH A SLOT - An electrical connector including an insulative housing defining a mating port in a transverse direction, a top wall and a bottom wall horizontally extending in two sides of the mating port, and a number of terminal passageways; and a terminal module received in the insulative housing, the terminal module comprising an insulative plate extending along the transverse direction and a number of conductive terminals insert molded in the insulative plate, the conductive terminal having a fixed section in the insulative plate and a contact section extending from the fixed section and received in a corresponding terminal passageway, the conductive terminals comprising a number of pairs of differential signal terminals for transmitting differential signal; wherein the insulative plate has a number of slots, the slot having two opposite edges, the pair of signal terminals having closer inner edges, the inner edge being between two opposite edges of the slot. | 05-21-2015 |
20180026384 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR FOR CIRCUIT BOARD | 01-25-2018 |