Tyco Electronics Corporation

Advanced-Connectek Inc.

Alan Robert MacDougall

Brian Patrick Costello

Robert Daniel Hilty

Pin-Yuan Hou

Yu-Lun Tsai

Ya-Fen Kao

Wen-Hsien Tsai

Steven Jay Millard

Wen-Yu Wang

George Jyh-Shann Chou

Robert Scott Good

A portable cooking device for cooking food while backpacking or camping may include a cooktop frame having an outer support frame with a polygonal outer edge; a center orifice extending through the outer support frame; and at least a pair of support crossbars extending across a diameter of the center orifice from a first portion of an inner edge of the outer frame to a second portion of the inner edge of the outer frame, such that the pair of support crossbars intersect to partition the center orifice into a plurality of heat transfer openings.

Portable cooking device

An electronic module package including an electronic module configured to receive input signals and process the input signals to provide output signals. The electronic module package also includes an interposer that has a substrate with opposite board and module surfaces. The electronic module is mounted to the module surface. The interposer includes electrical contacts along the module surface that are communicatively coupled to the electronic module through the substrate. The electronic module package also includes a connector receptacle having a receptacle housing coupled to the interposer. The receptacle housing defines a reception space that is located over and permits access to the electrical contacts. The connector receptacle is configured to receive an electrical connector within the reception space to electrically couple the electrical contacts and the electrical connector. The connector receptacle holds the electrical connector therein in a mated position.

Electronic module packages and communication assemblies

An electrical connector plug having resilient contact terminals electrically connects to an electrical connector socket with a casing and two groups of engaging terminals mounted on or in the casing. The electrical connector plug has an electrically conductive housing. A coupling device extends in a longitudinal direction and has a base portion. The resilient contact terminals are mounted on the coupling device axially symmetrically arranged with each other in the longitudinal direction, each of which has a flat section and an upwardly protruding contact section. A metallic shield frame is electrically connected to and secured to the electrically conductive housing, having a frame section, a front section, and two lateral protective sections. The respective lateral protective sections have a height no less than that of the upwardly protruding contact sections of the resilient contact terminals.

Electrical connector plug and conductive wire and assembly provided with the same

An electrical connector is provided for mating with an electrical component. The connector includes a substrate having a mating side, and a solder column extending from the mating side of the substrate. The solder column includes a base that is engaged with the substrate. The solder column extends a length away from the mating side of the substrate to a tip. The tip includes a contact surface that is configured to engage and electrically connect to an electrical contact of the electrical component. The solder column is linearly tapered along at least a portion of the length from the base to the tip.

Electrical connector with solder columns

An electrical connector includes a housing, a contact terminal and a preformed solder body. The housing is configured to be mounted to an exterior surface of a photovoltaic module. The contact terminal is joined to the connector housing and has a connection surface and a fixation opening that extends through the contact terminal. The preformed solder body is applied to the connection surface of the contact terminal and includes a fixation tab. The preformed solder body provides an electrically conductive connection between the contact terminal and a conductive contact extending out of the exterior surface of the photovoltaic module to electrically couple the contact terminal and the photovoltaic module. The fixation tab of the preformed solder body engages the fixation opening of the contact terminal to secure the preformed solder body to the contact terminal.

Electrical connector for a solar module assembly

A circuit board assembly includes a circuit board including an electrical conductor, and a light emitting element assembly. The light emitting element assembly includes a carrier mounted on the circuit board, a light emitting element mounted on the carrier, and an electrical contact held by the carrier in electrical connection with the light emitting element and the electrical conductor.

Circuit board assembly with light emitting element

A socket connector assembly includes a housing, signal terminals, and a power module subassembly. The housing is mounted to a circuit board and includes opposing walls having internal surfaces. The signal terminals are joined to the internal surfaces of the walls and engage conductive members disposed along side edges of an electronic package that is received into the housing between the walls. The power module subassembly is coupled to the circuit board between the walls of the housing. The power module subassembly includes a power contact configured to engage a current carrying conductor disposed on a surface of the electronic package that extends between the side edges of the electronic package.

Socket connector assembly with compressive contacts

A socket connector includes a housing having a mating interface configured to mate with an electronic component and a mounting interface configured to mount to a circuit board. Signal contacts are held by the housing and extend between the mating interface and the mounting interface. Power contacts are held by the housing and extend between the mating interface and the mounting interface. The power contacts are configured to transmit power from the circuit board to the electronic component. Each of the power contacts have at least one commoning element. A metallic power plate is coupled to the commoning elements of a plurality of the power contacts to electrically common the power contacts to one another.

Power plate for a socket connector

A connector assembly includes a housing, a contact, a support plate, and posts. The housing extends between a mounting side and an opposite side. The mounting side is configured to be mounted to a first side of a photovoltaic module. The contact is held by the housing and is configured to be electrically coupled with the photovoltaic module. The support plate is configured to be mounted to a second side of the photovoltaic module. The posts are coupled with at least one of the housing and the support plate and extend through an opening in the photovoltaic module that extends therethrough and joined with the other of the housing and the support plate. The posts secure the housing to the photovoltaic module.

Photovoltaic module connector assembly

A socket connector assembly includes a socket substrate, terminals, and conductive posts. The socket substrate has a mating side and an opposite mounting side with holes extending through the socket substrate. The terminals are disposed above the mating side of the socket substrate and are configured to engage conductive pads of a mating substrate of an electronic package. The conductive posts are disposed in the holes and are elongated between upper and lower ends. The upper ends are electrically coupled with the terminals and the lower ends are configured to be electrically joined with a circuit board. The posts electrically couple the electronic package with the circuit board by providing conductive pathways through the socket substrate between the mating side and the mounting side of the socket substrate.

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Beaverton, OR, United States of America

Alan Robert MacDougall