Patents Represented by Attorney Barley Snyder LLC
  • Patent number: 7753730
    Abstract: An electrical contact assembly holder includes a body having a cable interface. A contact holder is attached to the body on a side opposite from the cable interface and is provided with a plurality of contacts arranged in rows. Each of the contacts has a base that secures the contact to the contact holder. At least one electrically conductive plate is disposed inside the body and extends substantially parallel to the contacts from the cable interface to the base of the contacts. The electrically conductive plate is electrically connected to the contacts and has recesses that receive the contacts to separate the rows of the contacts. A resilient tab extends from the electrically conductive plate to an outside of the electrical contact assembly holder. The resilient tab is electrically conductive and is configured to engage a shielding shell of a connector that receives the electrical contact assembly holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics France SAS
    Inventors: Miguel Furio, Jeremy Dreux
  • Patent number: 7744977
    Abstract: A support coil for radially supporting an elastically expanded tube material includes an extruded profile body consisting of a plurality of windings wound about a longitudinal axis of the support coil. Each of the windings has opposing end faces. A ratchet arrangement joins the end faces of the adjacent windings with respect to the longitudinal axis of the support coil. A tongue and groove arrangement joins the end faces of the adjacent windings with respect to a radial direction of the support coil. The tongue and groove arrangement is spatially separated from the ratchet arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Raychem GmbH
    Inventors: Thilo Simonsohn, Christian Heindl
  • Patent number: 7744408
    Abstract: A holding member, for an electronic component inserted into a through hole provided in an electronic circuit board which includes a plate-shaped base that is fixed to the electronic component, a first leg and a second leg. The first leg extends from the base, and is inserted into the through hole. The first leg has a catch that projects laterally and outwardly with respect to an inserting direction in which the first leg is inserted into the through hole and locked with an edge of the through hole after the first leg is inserted. The second leg extends from the base and is inserted into the through hole together with the first leg. The second leg elastically deforms when the second leg comes into contact with an inner surface of the through hole, presses the first leg to an opposite side inner surface of the through hole, and elastically holds the catch in a state in which the catch is locked with the edge of the through hole after the second leg is inserted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventor: Seiji Komatsu
  • Patent number: 7744396
    Abstract: An IC socket for receiving an IC package having a plurality of electrical contacts on a bottom face thereof is disclosed. The IC socket has an insulating housing that receives the IC package and a plurality of elastic contacts, one end each being secured to the insulating housing, and a remaining end of each contacting at least one of the electrical contacts on the bottom face of the IC package. The IC socket also has a spring member carried by the insulating housing that determines an accepting position for the IC package being accepted into the insulating housing, and that restrains an amount of horizontal movement of the IC package caused by bending of the elastic contacts as the IC package is pressed down.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventors: Hidenori Taguchi, Shinichi Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 7740511
    Abstract: A contact having a support, a first arm supported by the support and configured to contact a mating contact, and a second arm facing the first arm in a facing direction and supported by the support and configured to contact the mating contact is disclosed. A first spring and a second spring are each connected to the support and bent in the facing direction and extend along a plane substantially perpendicular to the facing direction. The first spring and the second spring elastically support the support in the facing direction and a mount is connected to the first spring and the second spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventor: Tetsuya Katano
  • Patent number: 7736200
    Abstract: A booster cable clamp having an upper jaw and a lower jaw is disclosed. The upper jaw has an upper jaw left wall, an upper jaw right wall, and an upper jaw front wall while the lower jaw has a lower jaw left wall that substantially opposes the upper jaw left wall, a lower jaw right wall that substantially opposes the upper jaw right wall, and a lower jaw front wall that substantially opposes the upper jaw front wall. At least one of the upper jaw left wall, the upper jaw right wall, the upper jaw front wall, the lower jaw left wall, the lower jaw right wall, and the lower jaw front wall includes a substantially planar anvil contact surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: East Penn Manufacturing Co., Inc.
    Inventor: George S. Sproesser
  • Patent number: 7731523
    Abstract: The invention relates to a modular electric cross connector for producing an electrically conductive connection, in particular of electric contacts (20) of relay sockets, comprising a carrier (100) and an electric bridge (200) partially received on/in the carrier (100), by means of which bridge the electrically conductive connection can be produced, wherein the carrier (100) can be mechanically connected by means of a mechanical plug connection to at least a second electric cross connector (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Austria GmbH
    Inventor: Johannes Helmreich
  • Patent number: 7727033
    Abstract: A surface mount electrical connector for mounting to a substrate comprising a housing and a contact carried by the housing, the contact comprising a retention section held by the housing and a tine configured for mounting to a surface of the substrate wherein the tine extends from the retention section and wherein the tine lies inside an outer contour line of the housing is disclosed. A method of connecting a surface mount electrical connector to a substrate comprising the steps of providing a housing carrying a contact, the contact having a tine within a projected footprint of the housing on the substrate, attaching the housing to the substrate, inserting a jig into an opening of the housing, and bending the tine toward the substrate is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventor: Junya Tsuji
  • Patent number: 7717658
    Abstract: A bolt assembly has a bolt body which includes a threaded portion and a shank; a head; a ring; and a shear zone. The head is configured to transmit rotary motion to the threaded portion through the shank. The ring is disposed on the shank and has a ring thread and a tab configured to ensure continuity between the ring thread and the threaded portion. The shear zone joins the shank to the threaded portion and a complementary recess, disposed on the threaded portion, is engageable with the tab to ensure rotation locking of the ring in relation to the threaded portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics SIMEL SAS
    Inventor: Bruno Peltier
  • Patent number: 7713093
    Abstract: A connecting module for a mobile communication terminal includes a housing, a first connecting terminal member, and a second connecting terminal member. The first connecting terminal member is provided in an upper region of the housing for electrically connecting to connecting terminals of a universal serial bus memory. The second connecting terminal member is provided in a lower region of the housing for electrically connecting to an input/output device. The second connecting terminal member has a different length than the first connecting terminal member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics AMP Korea Ltd.
    Inventor: Jung-Hoon Kim
  • Patent number: 7704090
    Abstract: A card edge connector for electrically connects a mother board with a daughter board. The card edge connector includes an upper card edge connector with an insulating housing provided with a daughter board receiving recess. Latch arms extend from the insulating housing at both ends of the daughter board receiving recess. Each of the latch arms has a holding arm extending substantially parallel to a support arm. The holding arm is connected to the support arm by a folded portion. At least a portion of the support arm is divided into a first support section and a second support section. The first support section and the second support section each has an inclined portion extending diagonally away from the holding arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics AMP K.K.
    Inventor: Tadahiro Fumikura
  • Patent number: 7705234
    Abstract: A solar module having a housing and a solar element is described, wherein the housing comprises a connecting element, which is connected to the contact surface of the solar element in an electrically conductive manner. Furthermore the connecting element is connected to electrical connection sockets, by means of which connecting conductors may be connected. A contact element which is biased against the contact surfaces of the solar elements is arranged between the connecting element and the contact surfaces of the solar element as a contact element. As a result of this, soldered, clamped or screwed connections between the solar element and the connecting element are unnecessary. A simple and cost-effective automated production of the solar module is thus made possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics AMP GmbH
    Inventors: Guenter Feldmeier, Heinz Scherer, Andreas Woeber
  • Patent number: 7703437
    Abstract: An electronic control device according to the invention is disclosed for controlling the internal combustion engine in a motor vehicle, for fault recognition with an irregular running determination unit and with an injection quantity correction unit, a defined group of cylinders being associated with a lambda probe, the injection quantity of a cylinder to be investigated of the defined group is adjusted in the direction of lean by a differential adjustment value associated with an irregular running differential value, and the injection value of at least one of the remaining cylinders, which are associated with the same lambda probe, is correspondingly adjusted in the direction of rich, so that in total a predetermined lambda value of this group of at least approximately 1 is reached. Homogeneous operation is thus ensured. The differential adjustment values may, for example, relate to the injection quantity itself, the injector stroke or the injection time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Till Scheffler, Georg Meder, Wolfgang Heinle
  • Patent number: 7704086
    Abstract: A plug connection comprises a first plug having a seal and a second plug configured for fitting in an opening in a partition wall. The second plug is mateable with the first plug such that the seal substantially surrounds the opening in the partition wall. A clamping device is provided on the first plug and is configured for drawing the first plug into engagement with the second plug. The clamping device engages with the second plug at a connection region. The connection region is provided with a sealing member configured to seal the connection region between the clamping device and the second plug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics AMP GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Gimbel, Stefan Glaser, Richard Forell, Joachim Schneider
  • Patent number: 7670164
    Abstract: A waterproof electrical connector having a main housing providing a fitting section which is fitted into a contact-receiving concavity of a mating connector and a head section stretching at a rear of the fitting section in a direction in which the fitting section is fitted into the mating connector, a contact that is housed in the fitting section such that one end of the contact is housed in the head section and is connected to one end of an insulated electrical wire which is guided out in a direction perpendicular to the direction in which the fitting section is fitted into the mating connector, a cover housing that covers the head section, and a body that covers at least a boundary portion between the main housing and the cover housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics AMP K.K.
    Inventor: Katsumi Shiga
  • Patent number: 7670160
    Abstract: A card connector, comprising a housing having a card insertion slot, a contact carried by the housing, a slider carried by the housing and disposed substantially coplanar with the card insertion slot, the slider comprising a cam groove and a lock spring disposed substantially adjacent the lock spring, and a positioning member carried by the housing and being movable within the cam groove is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics AMP K.K.
    Inventor: Junya Tsuji
  • Patent number: D610996
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics AMP K.K.
    Inventor: Tetsuma Sakamoto
  • Patent number: D610997
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics AMP K.K.
    Inventor: Tetsuma Sakamoto
  • Patent number: D614140
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics AMP Korea Ltd.
    Inventors: Chul-Sub Lee, Yong-Hun Lee
  • Patent number: D617114
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2010
    Assignee: The Pride Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Steven C. Wing