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Coaxial cable connector having electrical continuity member

Patent Number: 8444445
Publication Date: 2013-05-21
Inventors: ; ; ;

A coaxial cable connector comprising a connector body a post engageable with connector body, wherein the post includes a flange, a coupling member, axially rotatable with respect to the post and the connector body, the coupling member having a first end, an opposing second end portion, and an internal lip, a continuity member disposed only axially rearward of a surface of the internal lip of the coupling member that faces the flange, an outer sleeve engageable with the coupling member, the ...

Connector

Patent Number: 8444444
Publication Date: 2013-05-21
Inventor:

A connector (A) is provided with a housing (10) made of synthetic resin, press-fit holes (13) formed through the housing (10) and each having a substantially rectangular cross-sectional shape, and terminal fittings (20) to be inserted into the press-fit holes (13). Each terminal fitting (20) has a first press-fit portion (25) with a substantially rectangular cross-section and brings two substantially parallel flat areas (26) into ...

Electrical connection terminal

Patent Number: 8444443
Publication Date: 2013-05-21
Inventor:

An electrical connection terminal having a clamping spring, a metal part and a housing accommodating the clamping spring and the metal part and having at least one conductor insertion opening, the clamping spring having a clamping leg, an operating leg and a back connecting the two legs to each other, the clamping leg, together with the metal part, forming a clamping point for a stripped conductor, the clamping spring being pivotably mounted in such a way that the clamping spring is movable ...

Air conditioning wiring system

Patent Number: 8444442
Publication Date: 2013-05-21
Inventors: ; ; ; ; ;

A wiring system for use in an air conditioning system comprising a printed circuit board having wiring receptacles and wiring connectors. In one aspect, at least some of the wiring receptacles comprise two or more wiring sub-receptacles, and each of the wiring sub-receptacles includes a slotted sub-receptacle connection pattern. Furthermore, the slotted sub-receptacle connection pattern of each of the wiring sub-receptacles is different from every other sub-receptacle connection pattern. ...

Card connector

Patent Number: 8444441
Publication Date: 2013-05-21
Inventor:

The card connector, into which an IC card having a plurality of pads arranged in parallel at front and back positions is inserted, includes a plurality of contacts each contacting a corresponding one of the plurality of pads of the IC card and a base member that supports the plurality of contacts. Each of the plurality of contacts has a first and a second elastic piece each having a contact point portion that electrically contacts a pad of the IC card. The first and second elastic pieces ...

Connector

Patent Number: 8444440
Publication Date: 2013-05-21
Inventor:

A connector which makes it possible to facilitate the operation of mounting the connector, and reduce the mounting costs. An upper insulating film is affixed to upper surfaces of first and second contacts, and upper surfaces of carriers. Then, the first and second contacts, are disconnected from the carriers. Finally, a lower insulating film is affixed to lower surfaces of the first and second contacts, and lower surfaces of the ...

Connector mounting apparatus having a bracket with recesses abutting resisting tabs of a member received therein

Patent Number: 8444439
Publication Date: 2013-05-21
Inventors: ;

A connector mounting apparatus includes a mounting bracket and a receiving member. A receiving space is defined in the mounting bracket. The receiving member includes a main body, a first resilient resisting tab extending outward from a base panel of the main body, and a first resilient contacting tab extending inward from the base panel to resiliently abut a connector interface received inside the main body. The main body is received in the receiving space and the first resisting tab ...

Hand tightenable coaxial cable connector

Patent Number: 8444433
Publication Date: 2013-05-21
Inventors: ; ;

A coaxial cable connector includes a connector body having a forward end and a rearward cable receiving end for receiving a cable and a nut rotatably coupled to the forward end of the connector body. The nut includes a flanged head portion at its forward end and a tubular body portion extending rearwardly from the head portion over the connector body and terminating adjacent the rearward cable receiving end of the connector body. The flanged head portion is radially enlarged, having an ...

Power and data adapter assembly

Patent Number: 8444432
Publication Date: 2013-05-21
Inventors: ;

A power and data adapter assembly includes an electrical receptacle assembly having a receptacle housing, removable side tabs and a simplex receptacle. The assembly also includes a data port assembly having the receptacle housing, data port adapter and data port connector. The data port assembly and simplex receptacle assembly are receivable within a channel support through ends of the channel support and are positionable in desired positions along the length of the channel ...

Insulation piercing connector assemblies and methods and connections including same

Patent Number: 8444431
Publication Date: 2013-05-21
Inventor:

An electrical connector assembly for mechanically and electrically connecting first and second cables each including an elongate electrical conductor covered by an insulation layer includes a housing configured to receive the cables, an electrically conductive bus member in the housing, an electrically conductive first and second blade members in the housing each having an inner end, an outer end and an insulation piercing feature on the outer end. The inner ends are coupled to the bus ...

Connector element containing a locking mechanism

Patent Number: 8444430
Publication Date: 2013-05-21
Inventors: ; ; ;

A plug element, in particular a so-called small form-factor pluggable connector, has a reliable, effective and easily mountable locking mechanism. To accomplish this, an arrangement of a locking element and an actuating element inside of a housing of the connector element is provided. The locking element contains a detent element for latching and locking with a mating piece, into which the connector element can be inserted to form a lockable plug connection. The actuating element contains a ...

Unlocking device, connector device, and connector

Patent Number: 8444429
Publication Date: 2013-05-21
Inventor:

[Problem]

To prevent a receptacle connector and a plug connector from being erroneously released from a state locked to each other by hand, and to make it possible to easily remove the plug connector from the receptacle connector by an operator alone.

[Solution]

A receptacle housing 4 of a receptacle connector 3 is provided with through holes 411. A plug housing 7 of a plug connector 6 is provided with protrusions 92 which can ...

Card-edge connector having a card-latching member with a fastener movable along a passage in an arm of a housing

Patent Number: 8444428
Publication Date: 2013-05-21
Inventor:

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. ...

Electrical connector

Patent Number: 8444427
Publication Date: 2013-05-21
Inventor:

An electrical connector including a housing having first and second portions opposite to each other and provided on the second portion with an opening through which a flat circuit device is inserted in the housing along a direction extending toward the first portion and a mounting member fixed to the housing, wherein the mounting member comprises a base portion, a board connecting portion provided on the base portion to be connected with a solid circuit board which the first portion of the ...

Lamp holder connector

Patent Number: 8444426
Publication Date: 2013-05-21
Inventor:

A lamp holder connector includes a lamp box and at least one pair of lamp bases assembled to the lamp box. The lamp box includes a first upper holder, at least one pair of first lower holders assembled to the first upper holder, and at least one pair of first terminals received in the lamp box. Each side of the first upper holder defines an elastic portion. An outer face of each elastic portion defines at least one fastening portion. Each lamp base includes a second upper holder assembled ...

Wire management system for modular electrical systems

Patent Number: 8444425
Publication Date: 2013-05-21
Inventor:

A modular electrical system (230) comprises a number of separate components forming a four-wire system (110). The component set (230) includes receptacle junction blocks (130), two-way connectors (232), four-way connectors (236), two-way jumper cable assemblies (234), and three-way jumper cable assemblies (238). The components of the component set (230) include various configurations of male blade terminals (150) and ...

Card edge connector having improved ejector

Patent Number: 8444424
Publication Date: 2013-05-21
Inventor:

A card edge connector (100) includes a longitudinal insulative housing (1), a set of contacts (2), and an ejector (3) rotatablely attached the insulative housing. The insulative housing has a longitudinal direction and a thickness direction, the insulative housing has a central slot (114). The contacts have contacting portions (21) arranged at two sides of the central slot (114) in the thickness direction. The ejector (3) includes a ...

Dual-personality extended USB plugs and receptacles using with PCBA and cable assembly

Patent Number: 8444423
Publication Date: 2013-05-21
Inventors: ; ; ;

A USB plug receptacle includes a connector substrate having a tongue portion having a first set of electrical contact pins disposed on a top surface of the tongue portion, a second set of a plurality of electrical pins disposed on a bottom surface of the tongue portion, a third set of electrical contact pins disposed on an opposite end of the tongue portion. The USB plug receptacle further includes a metal case made of a sheet of electrically conductive metal plate by blanking the sheet ...

Coaxial connector

Patent Number: 8444422
Publication Date: 2013-05-21
Inventor:

A coaxial connector includes a lower insulating seat, having a housing cavity recessed from an upper surface thereof, and a receiving slot is located on one side of the housing cavity; a movable terminal, having a retained portion retained in the receiving slot, a pressed portion extended from the retained portion, a first soldering portion bent downwards and extended from the retained portion, and a first strip-connecting portion extended outwards from the retained portion and coplanar ...

Electronic device test fixture

Patent Number: 8441275
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
Inventor:

An electronic device test fixture deploys a plurality of contact elements in a dielectric housing. The plumb arrangement of contact elements each include an armature or transversal configured to first depress and then slide laterally when urged downward by the external contacts of a device under test. The rotary movement of the transversal is optimized via the configuration of a surrounding forked regulator such that surface oxide deposition on the external device under test terminal is ...

Electrical connector for an in-body multi-contact medical electrode device

Patent Number: 8439714
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
Inventor:

An electrical connector for connecting a linear-array plural-contact tail of an in-body multi-contact medical electrode device. The connector includes an elongate body member defining an elongate void extending along the length of the body member. An array of electrical conductors are secured in the body member and project into the elongate void to facilitate electrical connection of the contacts on the tail when the plural-contact tail is in the elongate void. A cylindrical carrier member ...

High-power connector having heat dissipation structure

Patent Number: 8439713
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
Inventor:

The present invention is to provide a high-power connector having a heat dissipation structure, which includes a cover, a plurality of resilient metal terminals and a plurality of auxiliary metal plates. The cover is made of an insulating material and defines a plurality of receiving spaces therein. The resilient metal terminals are fitted in the receiving spaces respectively. The front section of each resilient metal terminal has an arcuate shape, passes through a lateral side of the ...

Electrical connector for power cable

Patent Number: 8439712
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
Inventors: ; ; ; ; ;

An electrical connector for a power cable having a lead assembly which forms electrical connections between wires in the cable and contacts to one side of the ...

Modular jack with magnetic module od reduced profile

Patent Number: 8439711
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
Inventor:

An electrical connector (100) includes an insulative housing (11), a terminal module received in the insulative housing and a shielding shell (17) enclosing the insulative housing. The terminal module having an inner circuit board (130) and a number of magnetic coils (132). The inner circuit board defines a groove (1300). Each of magnetic coils includes a core and a number of wires wound on the core and electrically connected with the inner circuit ...

Electrical connector having biasing member

Patent Number: 8439710
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
Inventor:

An electrical connector includes a housing having a top and a bottom. An upper connector portion is formed at the top of the housing. The upper connector portion has upper contacts. A lower connector portion is formed at the bottom of the housing. The lower connector portion has lower contacts. A card slot is formed between the upper connector portion and the lower connector portion. The card slot is configured to receive a substrate having upper plug contacts and lower contacts. The upper ...

Socket with improved contact array

Patent Number: 8439709
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
Inventor:

An electrical connector, adapted for electrically connecting an integrated circuit package, comprises a plurality of contacts, a plurality of solder balls disposed on tails of the contacts and an insulative housing. The insulative housing defines a plurality of passageways receiving the contacts. Each contact has a retaining portion, an elastic arm and a soldering portion. The contacts positioned in two adjacent rows of passageways are arranged staggered in a back to back manner. Such ...

Electrical connector with cantilevered arm integrally formed on metal shell

Patent Number: 8439708
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
Inventors: ; ; ;

An electrical connector includes an insulative housing, a number of contacts retained in the insulative housing and a metal shell enclosing the insulative housing. The metal shell includes a top wall defining a pair of slits each extending along a transverse direction, a cutout communicating with the slits and a L-shaped cantilevered arm residing in the slits and the cutout. The cantilevered arm includes a base portion protruding along the transverse direction and situated between the pair ...

Compression connector for multi-conductor cable

Patent Number: 8439707
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
Inventor:

A multi-conductor cable connector is provided, the connector including a cable connection portion, wherein the cable connection portion receives a prepared multi-conductor cable having a plurality of conductive strands concentrically sharing a common central axis, and a multi-contact portion coupled to the cable connection portion, the multi-contact portion having a plurality of contacts non-concentrically aligned with the cable connection portion. Furthermore, an associated method is also ...

Plug connector with external EMI shielding capability

Patent Number: 8439706
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
Inventor:

A shielded cable connector takes the form of a plug connector that is terminated to a plurality of wires of a cable. The wires are terminated to an edge card and a premold portion is formed thereover. An exterior shielding braid of the cable is extended over the premold and is formed with the connector housing so that a portion of it is exposed on the exterior of the connector housing. This exposed portion contacts an exterior conductive collar that is supported on the connector housing. ...

Horizontally configured connector with edge card mounting structure

Patent Number: 8439704
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
Inventor:

A connector has a plurality of mating blades in the form of circuit cards, arranged horizontally in a vertical stack. The circuit cards are supported in a vertical array in mating portions of the connector and are enclosed by sidewalls of the mating portions. In order to support the circuit cards, the sidewalls of each mating portion are slotted and the circuit cards are provided with mounting wings that extend outwardly therefrom and which are received in the slots. Reentrant notches are ...

Connector assembly for corrugated coaxial cable

Patent Number: 8439703
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
Inventor:

A compression connector for connecting to a coaxial cable is provided. The compression connector is provided in a first state for fitting onto an end of the cable, after which it may be compressed to a second state, thereby joining the connector to the cable to make a coaxial cable assembly. The connector is comprised of a tubular connector body and a compression cap structured to slidably engage the second end of the tubular body. The connector is further internally configured with means ...

High density jack

Patent Number: 8439702
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
Inventors: ; ;

The present disclosure provides for electrical connectors or jack assemblies/housings for use in voice/data communication systems. More particularly, the present disclosure provides for modular jack assemblies that include a movable locking member. The present disclosure provides for improved systems/designs for jack assemblies/housings that are easily secured and/or unsecured to or from a jack panel or jack faceplate. In exemplary embodiments, the present disclosure provides for ...

Socket for electrical parts

Patent Number: 8439700
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
Inventor:

A socket for electrical parts which makes a locater plate fulfill the function satisfactory and enhance the operational feeling of the locater plate. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the lock members are fixed on the vertically movable locater plate. The top of the lock member is the first engaging potion formed so as to have a hook shape, and the bent double portion thereof is a second engaging portion. The first engaging portion regulates the downward movement of the ...

Lever type electrical connector

Patent Number: 8439699
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
Inventor:

A lever type electrical connector has a case. A connector terminal is provided in the case so as to be slidable in a first direction, and is operable to engage with a mating connector terminal by being moved in the first direction. A handle is connected with the connector terminal. A first lever is pivotably attached to the case, and is connected to the handle. The first lever is operable to be moved so as to move the handle in the first direction. A first lock arm is pivotably attached to ...

Low profile mechanical and electrical accessory connector

Patent Number: 8439698
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
Inventors: ; ;

Accessories are attached to an electronic device, such as an electronic book (“eBook”) reader device via one or more low profile accessory connectors configured to provide mechanical and electrical connections. Accessories include covers, reading lights, external power sources, touchpads, diagnostic devices, and so forth. The low profile accessory connector is configured to receive a hook from the accessory and provide a mechanical engagement between the hook and the electronic device. ...

Locking power connector apparatus

Patent Number: 8439697
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
Inventor:

The present invention relates to the field of electrical power connectors, and in particular power connectors that are used to connect a source of mains power to an item of electrical equipment. A locking panel socket (1) for making an electrical connection with a line plug comprises a socket connection portion (2) having an end face (11) and the end face having a plurality of recesses (10, 10′) for receiving corresponding power pins of a line plug, a plug ...

Card connector with improved tray member and metal cover

Patent Number: 8439696
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
Inventor:

A card connector (100) includes an insulative housing (2), a metal cover (1) attached to the insulative housing to jointly define a receiving space (10), a number of contacts (3) fixed in the insulative housing, and a tray member (4) slidably received in the receiving space. The metal cover includes a first locking arm (13) extending into the receiving space. Each contact includes a contacting section (32) protruding into the receiving ...

Lever type electrical connector

Patent Number: 8439695
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
Inventor:

A lever type connector is mated with a mating connector by operating a rotatable lever with a mating portion being received in a receiving space of the mating connector. The lever type connector includes a slider having a cam groove and is moved by rotation of the lever. The mating connector further includes a cam pin positioned on a mating housing and inserted into the cam groove. A rib that constitutes a cam pin displacement restricting body is placed between a front cover that ...

Socket with pick up cap with a pivot having a long side and a short side

Patent Number: 8439694
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
Inventor:

A socket comprises an insulating housing receiving a plurality of contacts, and a pick-up cap engaging with the insulating housing. The pick-up cap has a planar main body covering the insulating housing. The main body is formed with two pivots on a side thereof. The insulating housing is formed with a plurality of sidewalls, one of the sidewall is provided with a pair of mounting seats on an outside thereof, each mounting seat defines a mounting hole with a gap, and the pivots of the ...

Socket assembly with a pick up cap linking with a loading plate

Patent Number: 8439693
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
Inventor:

A socket assembly comprises an insulating housing receiving a plurality of contacts, a pick up cap assembled on the insulating housing and a loading plate covering the insulating housing and the pick up cap. The pick up cap is pivotally assembled to one of the sidewalls of the insulative housing at an end thereof and has an operating portion at an opposite end thereof. The loading plate is provided with a latching piece to latch with the operating portion of the pick up cap, so that the ...

Bus bar arrangements for multiple outlet electrical receptacles

Patent Number: 8439692
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
Inventors: ;

A triplex electrical receptacle has a flexible, compact arrangement of bus bars and phase, neutral and ground contacts associated with three outlets. Two outlets are nearest two corners of the body that share a common first side, and the third outlet is between them but closer to the opposite side of the body. A common neutral bus bar (with terminal) is connected to the neutral contacts of all three outlets. The phase bus bar (with terminal) is connected to the phase contacts of at least ...

Electrical connector for realizing a high signal transmission rate

Patent Number: 8439691
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
Inventor:

An electrical connector includes an insulating body, a plurality of terminals disposed in top and bottom surfaces of the insulating body, a holding body mounted to a rear of the insulating body and defining a plurality of positioning apertures penetrating vertically therethrough, and an insulating housing having a base body and a tongue board extending forward from a front of the base body. Each terminal has a soldering tail stretching downward beyond a bottom of the rear of the holding ...

Connector

Patent Number: 8439690
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
Inventor:

The present invention provides a technique that is easy for soldering fixture to a printed circuit board and is easy to handle. Regarding a connector having an insulating base portion and a conductive portion, in at least one direction of a surface to which the conductive portion is exposed, a metal plate extending from a side constituting the surface to another side not adjacent to the side is included. The metal plate can be fixed to a circuit board with solder, and deformation of the ...

Sheet connector having a terminal protruding from a conductive pattern on a substrate to engage a terminal of another connector

Patent Number: 8439689
Publication Date: 2013-05-14
Inventor:

An FPC plug, which fits with another connector, comprises a substrate part, a conductive pattern on the surface of the substrate part, a cable part and a connecting part connected to an end of the cable part. The connecting part includes a protruding terminal engaging a terminal of the other connector. The terminal is formed integrally with, and protrudes from a surface of, the conductive pattern; and includes a base end part connected to the surface of the conductive pattern, an upper end ...

Portable electronic device capable of accepting lanyard strap

Patent Number: 8437121
Publication Date: 2013-05-07
Inventor:

A portable electronic device includes a shell, an actuation member, a latching member, and a transmission member. The shell defines a first hole and a second hole which are linearly arranged with the first hole. The actuation member is received in the first hole and can be operated to move in the first hole. The latching member is partially received in the second hole and can move between a first position in which the latching member is spaced from a boundary of the second hole to allow a ...

Vertical cable manager

Patent Number: 8435086
Publication Date: 2013-05-07
Inventors: ;

Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a bracket for mounting a vertical cable manager to a rack. The bracket includes a first portion extending in a first direction, a second portion extending from the first portion in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction, and a third portion extending from the second portion in a third direction substantially perpendicular to the second direction and substantially parallel to the first direction. The first ...

Electrical connector

Patent Number: 8435085
Publication Date: 2013-05-07
Inventors: ; ; ;

The present invention pertains to a connector, having a rear side and a mating side and including a housing having at least one contact receiving space and at least one non-contact receiving space, the spaces extending in a direction from the mating side towards the rear side. The non-contact receiving space is adapted for receiving a portion of a mating connector housing and has a substantially rounded cross sectional shape substantially perpendicular to the direction from the mating side ...

Communication jack having layered plug interface contacts

Patent Number: 8435084
Publication Date: 2013-05-07
Inventors: ;

A communication jack, system using the jack, and method of fabricating the jack are disclosed. The jack includes a cavity configured to accept a communication plug to form a communication connector. The jack includes a plurality of plug interface contacts that extend into the cavity such that a plug inserted into the cavity makes electrical contact with the plug interface contacts at plug/jack interfaces of the plug interface contacts. One or more of the plug interface contacts is formed ...

Plug-in connector

Patent Number: 8435083
Publication Date: 2013-05-07
Inventor:

The invention relates to a plug-in connector (1), comprising a housing, a printed circuit board (2) and RF contacts (K1-K8), the RF contacts (K1-K8) being electrically connected to the printed circuit board (2), the RF contacts (K1-K8) being formed by an integral, flexible printed circuit board (4), from which the individual contacts (K1-K8) are cut free, the flexible printed circuit board (4) being ...

Electrical connectors and printed circuits having broadside-coupling regions

Patent Number: 8435082
Publication Date: 2013-05-07
Inventors: ;

An electrical connector that includes a circuit board having a board substrate that has opposite board surfaces and a thickness measured along an orientation axis that extends between the opposite board surfaces. The circuit board has associated pairs of input and output terminals and signal traces that electrically connect the associated pairs of input and output terminals. The input and output terminals being configured to communicatively coupled to mating and cable conductors, ...