1. A connector, comprising:
a wiring board;
a lead configured to connect the wiring board electrically to an external board; and
a conductive layer configured to connect the lead to the wiring board so as to allow the lead to move in predetermined directions relative to the wiring board when the conductive layer is melted,
wherein the lead includes a first region, a second region, and a third region, the first region being in contact with the conductive layer and being sandwiched between the second region and the third region in directions parallel to the predetermined directions, the second region and the third region being lower in wettability with respect to a liquid melt of the conductive layer than the first region,
the wiring board includes a first region and a pair of second regions, the first region being in contact with the conductive layer and being sandwiched between the second regions in the directions parallel to the predetermined directions, the second regions being lower in wettability with respect to the liquid melt of the conductive layer than the first region, and
a center of the first region of the lead is offset in a direction parallel to the predetermined directions and away from the external board relative to a center of the first region of the wiring board.
2. The connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein the wiring board further includes a pair of third regions, the third regions being lower in wettability with respect to the liquid melt of the conductive layer than the first region of the wiring board, the first region of the wiring board being sandwiched between the third regions in directions perpendicular to the predetermined directions.
3. The connector as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:
an insulative spacer fixed to the wiring board,
the insulative spacer including
a guide groove configured to guide the lead in the predetermined directions when the conductive layer is melted; and
a window part formed near the guide groove.
4. A connector, comprising:
a wiring board having a first side and a second side facing away from each other;
a plurality of leads configured to connect the wiring board electrically to an external board, the leads being provided on the first and second sides of the wiring board; and
a plurality of conductive layers configured to connect the corresponding leads to the wiring board so as to allow the leads to move in predetermined directions relative to the wiring board when the conductive layers are melted, the conductive layers being provided on the first and second sides of the wiring board.
5. The connector as claimed in claim 4, wherein the wiring board comprises:
a metal plate having a first side and a second side facing away from each other, the metal plate being a ground plate for preventing crosstalk; and
a plurality of wiring patterns on the first and second sides of the metal plate.
6. A method of manufacturing a connector, comprising:
connecting a first lead to a first side of a wiring board through a first conductive layer having a first melting point; and
connecting a second lead to a second side of the wiring board through a second conductive layer having a second melting point lower than the first melting point, the second side of the wiring board facing away from the first side thereof, said connecting the second lead being performed at a temperature lower than the first melting point and higher than the second melting point.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A computer-implemented method of identifying asset restrictions, said method comprising:
reading a plurality of assets intended to be moved from a first geographical location to a second geographical location, wherein each of the assets includes asset descriptive data;
identifying a plurality of geographical regions that apply to the second geographical location;
retrieving one or more regulatory items for each of the identified geographical regions, wherein one or more of the regulatory items includes regulated item descriptive data;
comparing the asset descriptive data to the regulated item descriptive data; and
generating an exception list that includes the regulatory items that apply to one or more of the plurality of assets based on the comparison.
2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
ordering the plurality of geographic regions based on size of the geographic regions, wherein the regulatory items corresponding to smaller geographic regions are retrieved before retrieving the regulatory items corresponding to larger geographic regions.
3. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
identifying one of the plurality of assets as a registration asset that requires a registration in order to move the registration asset from the first geographical location to one of the identified geographical regions;
retrieving a network address corresponding to an electronic registration form that corresponds to the registration; and
including the retrieved network address in the generated exception list.
4. The method of claim 3 further comprising:
receiving a selection of the retrieved network address from a user;
retrieving the electronic registration form from the network address in response to receiving the selection;
displaying the retrieved electronic registration form on a display device;
receiving one or more inputs corresponding to one or more fields included in the displayed electronic registration form;
completing the displayed electronic registration form using the received inputs; and
transmitting the completed electronic registration form to a server that processes the electronic registration form.
5. The method of claim 4 wherein the receiving of the one or more inputs further comprises:
gathering the asset descriptive data that corresponds to the registration asset; and
matching the gathered asset descriptive data to the fields included in the displayed electronic registration form; and
wherein the completing further includes automatically filling in one or more of the fields using the matched asset descriptive data.
6. The method of claim 1 wherein the generating the exception list further comprises:
writing to the exception list:
the asset descriptive data corresponding to each of the plurality of assets included in the exception list;
an identifier of one of the plurality of geographical regions that corresponds to the regulated item descriptive data used in the comparison; and
a network address corresponding to network locations of one or more of the regulated items that correspond to the regulated item descriptive data used in the comparison.
7. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
retrieving one or more network addresses, each of the network addresses corresponding to one or more of the plurality of assets included in the exception list;
including the retrieved network addresses in the generated exception list;
displaying the plurality of assets and a link corresponding to one or more of the plurality of assets that correspond to one of the network addresses;
selecting, by a user, one of the links that corresponds to a selected asset from the plurality of assets; and
retrieving, over a computer network, a data transmission that includes regulatory information that pertains to the selected asset.
8. A information handling system comprising:
one or more processors;
a memory accessible by at least one of the processors;
a nonvolatile storage area accessible by at least one of the processors;
a network interface adapter connecting the information handling system to a computer network; and
a set of instructions stored in the memory, wherein one or more of the processors executes the set of instructions in order to perform actions of:
reading a plurality of assets intended to be moved from a first geographical location to a second geographical location, wherein each of the assets includes asset descriptive data;
identifying a plurality of geographical regions that apply to the second geographical location;
retrieving one or more regulatory items for each of the identified geographical regions, wherein one or more of the regulatory items includes regulated item descriptive data;
comparing the asset descriptive data to the regulated item descriptive data; and
generating an exception list that includes the regulatory items that apply to one or more of the plurality of assets based on the comparison.
9. The information handling system of claim 8 further comprising:
ordering the plurality of geographic regions based on size of the geographic regions, wherein the regulatory items corresponding to smaller geographic regions are retrieved before retrieving the regulatory items corresponding to larger geographic regions.
10. The information handling system of claim 8 wherein the set of instructions perform further actions comprising:
identifying one of the plurality of assets as a registration asset that requires a registration in order to move the registration asset from the first geographical location to one of the identified geographical regions;
retrieving a network address corresponding to an electronic registration form that corresponds to the registration; and
including the retrieved network address in the generated exception list.
11. The information handling system of claim 10 wherein the set of instructions perform further actions comprising:
receiving a selection of the retrieved network address from a user;
retrieving the electronic registration form from the network address in response to receiving the selection;
displaying the retrieved electronic registration form on a display device;
receiving one or more inputs corresponding to one or more fields included in the displayed electronic registration form;
completing the displayed electronic registration form using the received inputs; and
transmitting the completed electronic registration form to a server that processes the electronic registration form.
12. The information handling system of claim 11 wherein the set of instructions that perform the action of receiving of the one or more inputs perform further actions comprising:
gathering the asset descriptive data that corresponds to the registration asset; and
matching the gathered asset descriptive data to the fields included in the displayed electronic registration form; and
wherein the set of instructions that perform the action of completing perform further actions that include automatically filling in one or more of the fields using the matched asset descriptive data.
13. The information handling system of claim 8 wherein the set of instructions perform further actions comprising:
retrieving one or more network addresses, each of the network addresses corresponding to one or more of the plurality of assets included in the exception list;
including the retrieved network addresses in the generated exception list;
displaying the plurality of assets and a link corresponding to one or more of the plurality of assets that correspond to one of the network addresses;
selecting, by a user, one of the links that corresponds to a selected asset from the plurality of assets; and
retrieving, over a computer network, a data transmission that includes regulatory information that pertains to the selected asset.
14. A computer program product stored in a computer readable medium, comprising functional descriptive material that, when executed by an information handling system, causes the information handling system to perform actions that include:
reading a plurality of assets intended to be moved from a first geographical location to a second geographical location, wherein each of the assets includes asset descriptive data;
identifying a plurality of geographical regions that apply to the second geographical location;
retrieving one or more regulatory items for each of the identified geographical regions, wherein one or more of the regulatory items includes regulated item descriptive data;
comparing the asset descriptive data to the regulated item descriptive data; and
generating an exception list that includes the regulatory items that apply to one or more of the plurality of assets based on the comparison.
15. The computer program product of claim 14 wherein the functional descriptive material causes the information handling system to perform further actions comprising:
ordering the plurality of geographic regions based on size of the geographic regions, wherein the regulatory items corresponding to smaller geographic regions are retrieved before retrieving the regulatory items corresponding to larger geographic regions.
16. The computer program product of claim 14 wherein the functional descriptive material causes the information handling system to perform further actions comprising:
identifying one of the plurality of assets as a registration asset that requires a registration in order to move the registration asset from the first geographical location to one of the identified geographical regions;
retrieving a network address corresponding to an electronic registration form that corresponds to the registration; and
including the retrieved network address in the generated exception list.
17. The computer program product of claim 16 wherein the functional descriptive material causes the information handling system to perform further actions comprising:
receiving a selection of the retrieved network address from a user;
retrieving the electronic registration form from the network address in response to receiving the selection;
displaying the retrieved electronic registration form on a display device;
receiving one or more inputs corresponding to one or more fields included in the displayed electronic registration form;
completing the displayed electronic registration form using the received inputs; and
transmitting the completed electronic registration form to a server that processes the electronic registration form.
18. The computer program product of claim 17 wherein the wherein the functional descriptive material causes the information handling system to perform further actions comprising:
gathering the asset descriptive data that corresponds to the registration asset; and
matching the gathered asset descriptive data to the fields included in the displayed electronic registration form; and
wherein the completing further includes automatically filling in one or more of the fields using the matched asset descriptive data.
19. The computer program product of claim 14 wherein the functional descriptive material causes the information handling system to perform further actions comprising:
writing to the exception list:
the asset descriptive data corresponding to each of the plurality of assets included in the exception list;
an identifier of one of the plurality of geographical regions that corresponds to the regulated item descriptive data used in the comparison; and
a network address corresponding to network locations of one or more of the regulated items that correspond to the regulated item descriptive data used in the comparison.
20. The computer program product of claim 14 wherein the functional descriptive material causes the information handling system to perform further actions comprising:
retrieving one or more network addresses, each of the network addresses corresponding to one or more of the plurality of assets included in the exception list;
including the retrieved network addresses in the generated exception list;
displaying the plurality of assets and a link corresponding to one or more of the plurality of assets that correspond to one of the network addresses;
selecting, by a user, one of the links that corresponds to a selected asset from the plurality of assets; and
retrieving, over a computer network, a data transmission that includes regulatory information that pertains to the selected asset.