3com Corporation

Specialized Health Products, Inc.

Gary H Stout

Ryan A Kunz

Gale H Thorne

Thomas A Johnson

Joel J Yeh

Charles V Owen

Jeffrey L Jones

Steven Lo Forte

Ryan Yeh

Kenneth S Morley

Darrin J Gibbs

John Marshall

Hui-Tze Tsai

Tim L Farnes

A connector adapter that can be used to directly connect a peripheral device to a host device. The connector adapter is adjustable so as to allow selective reorientation of the peripheral with respect to the host device. The connector adapter includes a limiting mechanism that restricts the degree to which the adapter can be selectively rotated. In addition, the adapter includes an indexing mechanism that allows the position of the adapter to be locked in predetermined positions. In one embodiment, the connector adapter is partially formed from a compliant material so that the adapter can bend when submitted to an external force, and thereby resist breakage. The connector adapter may also have a physical geometry that provides additional strain relief, such as a plurality of serrations formed on the outer surface. An extension spring can be positioned within the connector adapter so as to return the adapter to substantially its original shape when the external force is removed.

Rotating connector adapter with strain relief

A media connector including a shield. The media connector includes an arch formed within the media connector. The arch has pin guides that allow the contact pins to be properly positioned within the media connector. The pin guides also keep the contact pins from touching each other. The arch forms an arch channel through which the shield exits the media connector. The shield extends out beneath the media connector beyond the portion of the contact pins that are exposed for contact with contacts of a media plug. When the media plug is inserted in the media connector, the shield covers the electrical connection thus formed to provide both protection and insulation of the electrical connection. The arch also includes a groove that permits the shield to rest within the confines of the media connector when the media connector is retracted.

Connector with an insulation shield

A connector adapter that can be used to directly connect a peripheral device to a host device. The connector adapter is adjustable so as to allow selective reorientation of the peripheral with respect to the host device. The connector adapter includes a limiting mechanism that restricts the degree to which the adapter can be selectively rotated. In addition, the adapter includes an indexing mechanism that allows the position of the adapter to be locked in predetermined positions.

Rotating connector adaptor

A generally planer antenna structure for connecting to a transceiver is provided with the antenna structure having a printed circuit board including a radiating element etched or fabricated thereon. The printed circuit board and radiating element are thereafter encapsulated within an overmolded sheath which provides a protective enclosure for the antenna elements while maintaining the desirable thin profile of the generally planer antenna structure. The antenna structure is created by forming a printed circuit board having the overall general desirable dimensions and affixing thereto a radiating element capable of propagating and receiving the desirable frequency spectrum. The printed circuit board and radiating element are insert injection molded to form the overmolded sheath thereabout. A portion of the printed circuit board having an interface connector for the transceiver is enclosed using a multi-piece housing.

Method and apparatus for overmolded antenna

Antenna

A one-time-use, self-powered, disposable lancet apparatus packaged both as strips comprising a plurality of lancets and as individually packaged lancets. A novel lancet blade design comprises means for attaching each blade in a loader stack for an automated assembly machine. Individually packaged lancets are disclosed in both one-step and two-step embodiments. In each case, every lancet comprises a self-contained package which houses a powered lancet blade before use and a spent blade after use to assure safety from inadvertent sticks both before and after a lancing procedure.

Lancet apparatus and methods

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Farmington, UT, United States of America

Gary H Stout