JOANNE E SHIPE
Engineers in Harrisburg, PA

6685485, Feb 3, 2004

Aug 6, 2002

10/214014

Iosif R. Korsunsky - Harrisburg PA
Kevin E. Walker - Hershey PA
Joanne E. Shipe - Harrisburg PA
Wei-Chen Lee - Harrisburg PA
Tod M. Harlan - Mechanicsburg PA
Robert W. Brown - Harrisburg PA

Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd. - Taipei Hsien

H01R 1220

439 79, 439108, 439701

An electrical connector ( ) straddle-mounted on an edge ( ) of a printed circuit board ( ) includes an insulative housing ( ) having an elongated groove ( ) for mating. A plurality of receiving channels ( ) each used to receive a support subassembly ( ) is formed adjacently to and communicated with the mating groove ( ). The support subassembly ( ) includes a base ( ) with signal contacts ( ) and a ground member ( ) attached thereon. Every contact ( ) includes an engaging end ( ) exposed to the mating groove ( ) and a tail end ( ) extending out of the receiving channel ( ) in a suspended status. And the ground member ( ) includes a plurality of contacting legs ( ) extending from the ground member ( ) and being arranged to stagger with the tail end ( ) of every contact ( ) along the lengthwise of the connector ( ). Several holding elements ( ) are formed in a hook shape on one edge side of the ground member ( ) to hook and be partially inserted into the apertures ( ) formed on the housing ( ) to stop further insertion of the support subassembly ( ), and the holding elements ( ) of the neighboring ground member ( ) are inserted in the same apertures ( ) so that they can establish a common ground path to reduce their needed contacting legs ( ) to the printed circuit board ( ).

6688897, Feb 10, 2004

Aug 6, 2002

10/213771

Iosif R. Korsunsky - Harrisburg PA
Kevin E. Walker - Hershey PA
Joanne E. Shipe - Harrisburg PA
Wei-Chen Lee - Harrisburg PA
Tod M. Harlan - Mechanicsburg PA
Robert W. Brown - Harrisburg PA

Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd. - Taipei Hsien

H01R 466

439108

An electrical connector ( ) straddle-mounted on an edge ( ) of a printed circuit board ( ) includes an insulative housing ( ) having an elongated groove ( ) for mating. A support subassembly ( ) is inserted from the opposing side of the housing ( ) to expose its portions in the groove ( ). The support subassembly ( ) includes two bases ( ) with attached signal conductors ( ) and a U-shaped ground member ( ). Two parallel-arranged side portions ( ) of the U-shaped ground member ( ) are integrally connected via its central portion and each of them is located parallel to a row of signal conductors ( ) as their ground reference. The united ground member ( ) can be used to establish ground path to the printed circuit board ( ) by fewer contacting legs ( ) sheared therefrom and help all parts of the support subassembly ( ) to be installed in the connector housing ( ) at one time.

5009608, Apr 23, 1991

Jul 12, 1990

7/553217

Joanne E. Shipe - Harrisburg PA

AMP Incorporated - Harrisburg PA

H01R 1362, H01R 909, H05K 100

439331

A connector assembly particularly adapted for burn-in/testing of IC chips (10) held in a TAB film carrier (16, 18) includes a frame (32) mounted on a printed circuit board (26), a lid (44) pivoted to the frame (32), and a handle (54) pivoted to the lid (44). The frame (32) holds a connector housing assembly (40) which has contact members (42) engaged with contact pads (28) on the printed circuit board (26). The carrier (16, 18) is placed in the frame (32) where it is releasably retained so that contact pads (14) on the film (12) engage the contact members (42) of the contact housing assembly (40). Then handle (54) is utilized to provide a mechanical advantage so that the lid (44) generates appropriate contact forces to ensure electrical connections between the contact pads (14) on the film (12) and the contact pads (28) on the printed circuit board 26 ), and the handle (54) includes a latch mechanism (58, 62) for locking the lid (44) to the frame (32). Withing the frame (32), there is structure (70, 72) for ejecting the carrier (16, 18) after the lid (44) is moved to its open position.

5495666, Mar 5, 1996

May 26, 1995

8/453049

Iosif Korsunsky - Harrisburg PA
Joanne E. Shipe - Harrisburg PA
Tod M. Harlan - Mechanicsburg PA
Gerald L. Foreman - Hummelstown PA
Robert C. Klotz - Harrisburg PA
Robert W. Brown - Harrisburg PA

The Whitaker Corporation - Wilmington DE

H05K 332, H01R 909

29834

A method for assembling an electrical connector (10) to the edge (18) of a printed circuit board (12). A machine (50) incorporates an actuating mechanism that requires only a single input motion to achieve a variety of functional motions within the machine. The machine includes a carriage assembly (54) that moves substantially vertically within the frame of the machine to sense the thickness of the circuit board and then to align the centerline of the connector held on fixture (280) with the exact center plane (44) of the board. A slide member (140) then moves toward the connector, causing a pair of comb members (252,254) to close into position in front of the moving connector. The solder tails (38,40) of the connector (10) then enter spaced slots (260) in the edges of the comb members for support and the connector housing engages the face (272) of the combs, pushing them toward the circuit board. Angled free ends of the solder tails (38,40) of the connector then engage the corners of upper and lower board surfaces (14,16) at the board edge (18), and the center row of ground bus posts (32) are forced into apertures (26) in the edge of the board by a pusher member (174) until they contact plated through holes (24) in the board while the outer rows of tails cam out to and bear against and along the two opposite major board surfaces and into contact with solder pads thereon.

7188408, Mar 13, 2007

Dec 31, 2002

10/335285

Iosif R. Korsunsky - Harrisburg PA, US
Joanne E. Shipe - Harrisburg PA, US
Robert W. Brown - Harrisburg PA, US

Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd. - Taipei Hsien

H05K 3/20

29831, 29843, 29876, 29878, 29884, 439 67, 439 79, 439607, 22818022

A method of making an electrical connector includes the steps of: providing a connector body () having an insert () defining a recessed area () at one side and a number of channels () at an opposite side; assembling a ground bus () to the recessed area of the insert, the ground bus including a carrier strip () with a number of fingers () extending therefrom; assembling a number of signal contacts () to the channels of the insert, each signal contact including a board mounting portion (); and displacing the carrier strip such that each finger extends into space () between the mounting portions of two adjacent signal contacts.

6955554, Oct 18, 2005

Jan 27, 2004

10/766158

Iosif R. Korsunsky - Harrisburg PA, US
Robert W. Brown - Harrisburg PA, US
Joanne E. Shipe - Harrisburg PA, US
Wei-Chen Lee - Harrisburg PA, US

Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd. - Taipei Hsien

H01R013/62

439328

An electrical connector assembly () includes a mother board (), a card edge connector () mounted on the mother board, a daughter card (), and a pair of board hold downs () mounted on the mother board. The card edge connector includes a housing () defining a slot (), and a number of contacts () disposed on opposite sides of the slot and exposed into the slot. The daughter card includes a mating edge () inserted into the slot of the housing, a number of conductive pads () on the mating edge for electrically connecting with the contacts of the card edge connector. The board hold downs are separated from the card edge connector and hold the daughter card in the card edge connector.

7351071, Apr 1, 2008

Jun 28, 2006

11/476297

Iosif R. Korsunsky - Harrisburg PA, US
Brian J. Gillespie - Harrisburg PA, US
Lewis R. Johnson - Dover PA, US
Joanne E. Shipe - Harrisburg PA, US
Kevin E. Walker - Hershey PA, US
Robert W. Brown - Harrisburg PA, US

Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd. - Taipei Hsien

H01R 12/00

439 74

A high density, high speed, low profile, electrical connector () includes a housing () and conductive contacts () partially positioned in the housing. The housing has a base () defining therethrough a number of passageways (). Each contact has a body portion () and a pair of cantilevered beams () extending from the body portion. A retaining tab () is stamped from the body portion and abuts against a projection () formed in the passageway for protect the housing from possible movement with respect to a board on which the connector is mounted. The connector also has a stabilizer () assembled to the housing.

5015191, May 14, 1991

Mar 5, 1990

7/488595

Dimitry G. Grabbe - Middletown PA
Joanne E. Shipe - Harrisburg PA

AMP Incorporated - Harrisburg PA

H01R 909, H01R 2372

439 71

A separable flat integrated circuit chip connector (22) includes a plurality of contact spring members (44) maintained in a planar array by a dielectric holder (54). The planar array of the contact members (44) on the connector (22) corresponds to the planar arrays of contact pads on the surfaces of the integrated circuit package (14) and the printed circuit board (10) to which it is to be connected. A connector fastening assembly (24, 26) clamps and holds the conncetor (22) between the integrated circuit package (14) and the printed circuit board (10) to provide separable electrical connections between corresponding contact pads.

7484964, Feb 3, 2009

Jun 7, 2007

11/810818

Kevin E. Walker - Hershey PA, US
Joanne E. Shipe - Harrisburg PA, US
Tod M. Harlan - Mechanicsburg PA, US
Brian J. Gillespie - Harrisburg PA, US
Darrell Wertz - Chandler AZ, US

Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd. - Taipei Hsien

H01R 13/60

439 41

Provided is an electrical connector assembly comprises a supporting frame defining different sections arranged adjacent to each other. Each has generally a rectangular configuration with supporting surfaces along inner peripheral. A plurality of wafers each is supportively received in the section along its bottom edges by the supporting surfaces. Each wafer includes a plurality of contact terminals each arranged in the wafer. Each contact terminal has a tail portion extending beyond the bottom surface. A pick-up cap is properly attached to the supporting frame to position the wafer.

7037136, May 2, 2006

Feb 15, 2005

11/059002

Iosif R. Korsunsky - Harrisburg PA, US
Chong Hun Yi - Mechanicsburg PA, US
Robert W. Brown - Hurrisburg PA, US
Lewis R. Johnson - Dover PA, US
Joanne E. Shipe - Harrisburg PA, US
Tod M. Harlan - Mechanicsburg PA, US
Richard B. Emenheiser - Mount Joy PA, US
Richard L. Malehorn - York PA, US
Charles (Chuck) Blichasz - Boiling Springs PA, US
Eric Juntwait - Hummelstown PA, US

Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd. - Taipei Hsien

H01R 13/648

439607, 439135, 361728, 361726, 361816, 361818, 361690, 174 161, 174 35 R

A connector module for receiving a signal converter and electrically connecting the signal converter to a printed circuit board mounted within an electronic system. The connector module includes a conductive cage having a plurality of press-fit type pins and a shielding lid. The connector module further defines a top opening and a cavity with an opening on a bottom portion of the conductive cage for receiving the connector which electrically connecting with the signal converter. The shielding lid covers on the top opening. The connector comprises a plurality of contacts each having a press-fit end, said press-fit ends extending toward the printed circuit board and mounting therein.