Patents Examined by Chandrika Prasad
  • Patent number: 9799972
    Abstract: The electrical connector includes a frame to assemble a plurality of socket thereto. Each socket includes a plurality of contacts, two inner sides in confrontation with the neighboring sockets, and two outer sides in confrontation with the frame. The frame includes an exterior peripheral structure and an interior cross structure. The outer sides are attached to the exterior peripheral structure while the inner sides are attached to the interior cross structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventor: Po-Yuan Su
  • Patent number: 9793651
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a blind mating and floating RF connector assembly with low intermodulation, comprising a first connecting device and a second connecting device, wherein the first connecting device comprises a first guide portion and the second connecting device comprises a second guide portion adapted for mating with the first guide portion, wherein the first connecting device has a slotted configuration and is provided, at an end, with a boss projecting radially outwards and the second connecting device is provided with a corresponding inner engaging groove being capable of radially abutting the boss, wherein the second connecting device comprises a fixed mount unit and a floating unit, the floating unit being capable of moving radially and axially relative to the fixed mount unit, in such a way that a plurality of pairs of the first connecting device and the second connecting device can be quickly connected simultaneously via a quick blind mating operation when the first connecting device an
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Hongjuan An, Yujun Dai, MuLan Huang
  • Patent number: 9793639
    Abstract: An electrical connector system including a connector having a terminal cavity within. The cavity has a rigid floor with a lock nib extending into the cavity, a first flexible beam extending into a rearward portion of the cavity and a second flexible beam extending into a forward portion. The first and second beams both overlie the floor. The system further includes a terminal having a top surface and a bottom surface defining a rigid lock edge. The terminal is received in the cavity such that the first beam engages a rearward portion of the top surface of the terminal and the second beam engages a forward portion of the top surface, thereby biasing the terminal towards the floor. The lock edge engages the lock nib, thereby preventing the terminal from being inadvertently withdrawn from the terminal receiving cavity. The connector may be formed by an additive manufacturing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: John R. Morello, James M. Rainey
  • Patent number: 9793633
    Abstract: A cable connector includes an insulative shell defining a receiving cavity extending along a front-to-back direction, a number of contact wafers retained in the receiving cavity, a number of cables, and a ground bar. The contact wafers include a number of signal contact wafers and a number of ground contact wafers arranged alternately. Each of the contact wafers includes an insulative housing and a number of terminals retained in the insulative housing. Each of the terminals includes a deflectable contacting section, a middle section, and a tail section. Each of the cables includes a conductive core connecting with a corresponding tail section and a shielding braid surrounding around the conductive core. The ground bar physically and electrically connects with the tail sections of the ground wafers and the shielding braids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventor: Fang-Jwu Liao
  • Patent number: 9795046
    Abstract: The invention concerns a functional component (400) for a component construction system (100) for electrical connection to a bridge module (300) which comprises a housing (421) with a component-securing arrangement (401) for securing the functional component (400) to a support profile rail (200).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co KG
    Inventors: Joachim Bury, Thomas Salomon
  • Patent number: 9787030
    Abstract: Patch cords are provided that include a communications cable that has at least first through fourth conductors and a plug that is attached to the cable. The plug includes a housing that receives the cable, a printed circuit board, first through fourth plug contacts, and first through fourth conductive paths that connect the first through fourth conductors to the respective first through fourth plug contacts. The first and second conductors, conductive paths, and plug contacts form a first differential transmission line, and the third and fourth conductors, conductive paths, and plug contacts form a second differential transmission line. Each of the first through fourth plug contacts has a first segment that extends longitudinally along a first surface of the printed circuit board, and the signal current injection point into the first segment of at least some of the first through fourth plug contacts is into middle portions of their respective first segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina
    Inventors: Richard A. Schumacher, Amid I. Hashim, Brian J. Fitzpatrick, Bryan S. Moffitt, Wayne D. Larsen
  • Patent number: 9787009
    Abstract: An electrical receptacle connector includes a shell, a first insulator, a second insulator and a blanking contact. The first insulator is disposed in the shell. The first insulator has a first insulator front end and a first insulator rear end. The second insulator is disposed in the shell and installed on the first insulator. The second insulator has a combining area. The blanking contact includes a fixing portion, a soldering portion, a contact portion and a combining portion. The fixing portion is combined with the first insulator. The soldering portion protrudes from the fixing portion toward the first insulator rear end and stretches out of the first insulator rear end. The contact portion protrudes from the fixing portion toward the first insulator front end and stretches out of the first insulator rear end. The combining portion protrudes from the contacting portion and inserts into the combining area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: ADVANCED-CONNECTEK INC.
    Inventors: Yu-Lun Tsai, Pin-Yuan Hou, Chung-Fu Liao, Long Fei Chen, Dong Xiang
  • Patent number: 9780490
    Abstract: A cable connector assembly includes a connector and a cable electrically connected thereto. The connector includes a metal shell, a metal cage enclosing a rear end of the metal shell, and an outer housing enclosing the metal cage therein. The connector has a front end for inserting into a mating connector and a rear end. The diametrical dimension of the front end is smaller than the diametrical dimension of the rear end. The outer housing includes a front portion extending forwardly beyond the metal cage to prevent the cable connector mistakenly inserted into an unintended receptacle connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Da-Wei Xing, Yong-Wei Chen, Jun Chen, Jerry Wu
  • Patent number: 9780494
    Abstract: An electrical connector including an insulative housing comprises a first metallic shell including a first body and a first positioning section extending from the first body; and a second metallic shell including a second body and a second positioning section extending from the second body and aligned with the first positioning section in a first direction; wherein the second metallic shell integrally forms a fixing portion extending from the second positioning section and tightly attaching the first metallic shell onto the second metallic shell at their first and second positioning sections so as to form a receiving cavity surrounded by both the first body and the second body to receive the insulative housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventor: Ding-Cherng Chen
  • Patent number: 9774116
    Abstract: A board connector includes a plate-like fixing member (30) to be mounted in a housing (10) and including a board fixing portion (31) to be fixed to a circuit board (100) by solder. At least the board fixing portion (31) of the fixing member includes a plurality of plate pieces (38A, 38B) arranged to face each other in a plate thickness direction. Plating layers (46) are formed on plate surfaces of the plate pieces (38A, 38B) and plating drip layers (43) continuous with the plating layers (46) are formed on end surfaces of the plate pieces (38A, 38B) intersecting with the plate surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRINF SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Liping Kang, Kenji Okamura, Mitsugu Furutani
  • Patent number: 9768550
    Abstract: The invention relates to a lever-type connector for facilitating the connection. The connector includes a housing on which a cable guide cover is mounted. A lever is rotatably mounted on the cable guide cover and displaces a slide. In the course of the rotation of the lever, the slide cooperates with the cable guide cover in order to maintain the cable guide cover on the housing with greater force and in a better-adapted manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: DELPHI INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS LUXEMBOURG S.A.R.L.
    Inventors: Olivier Goletto, Gaurav Bhutani
  • Patent number: 9764431
    Abstract: A system and apparatus for providing a temporary electrical bonding/grounding connection between a first conductive member and a second conductive member. The apparatus includes an electrically conductive cable having first and second ends. At least one magnet assembly is provided for mounting to the first conductive member. The at least one magnet assembly has multiple arcuate surfaces of different radiuses of curvature, with respective surfaces of the multiple arcuate surfaces being configured to properly mount to a respective arcuate surface of the first conductive member. A conductive coupling is provided on the at least one magnet assembly. The conductive coupling is configured to be electrically coupled to the first end of the cable. The second end of the cable is configured to be detachably and electrically coupled to the second conductive member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Mag-Ground, Inc.
    Inventor: Kandis L. Moser
  • Patent number: 9761982
    Abstract: The invention relates to a plug connector contact carrier (1) for selectively populating with electrical crimp contact elements (10) or electrical screw contact elements (20), comprising a plurality of contact chambers (2) for the contact elements, which contact chambers are provided in a contact grid, wherein the contact carrier has insertion openings (11) for inserting the contact elements into the contact chambers and wherein furthermore the contact chambers are property designed in such a way that selectively either a crimp contact element or a screw contact element can be inserted into and mounted in the contact chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Amphenol-Tuchel Electronics GMBH
    Inventor: Michael Bertsch
  • Patent number: 9762009
    Abstract: A plug connector includes an insulative housing with mating slot, contacts disposed in the housing by two sides of the mating slot, and a pair of side arms located by two opposite ends of the mating slot in a horizontal transverse direction. a receptacle connector includes an insulative housing defining a horizontal mating tongue; contacts disposed in the housing with contacting sections exposed upon two opposite surfaces of the mating tongue; and a monolithic horizontal metallic shielding plate disposed and extending substantially fully the mating tongue. The shielding plate defines side protruding edge sections exposed outside of corresponding side edges of the mating tongue and a notch structure on each side protruding edge section, the pair of side arms each defines a hook structure to engagement with the notch structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Terrance F. Little, Chih-Pi Cheng, Chih-Kai Yang
  • Patent number: 9761981
    Abstract: A connector, which can mate with an opposing connector in a mating direction, is provided with a first alignment member, a second alignment member, a plurality of first contacts, a plurality of second contacts, a ground member, and a holding member. The first alignment member aligns the first contacts in a pitch direction, and the second alignment member aligns the second contacts in said pitch direction. The ground member has a main section, a locking spring section, and a connecting section. The locking spring section has a locking part that locks to a locking-target part on the opposing connector. The connecting section connects the main section to the locking spring section. The holding member holds the first alignment member, the second alignment member, and the ground member together such that the main section of the ground member is positioned between the first alignment member and the second alignment member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Takayoshi Oyake
  • Patent number: 9755375
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a flat panel display support, which includes a base, a first connecting lever, a second connecting lever and a first display mounting plate; one end of the first connecting lever is rotationally connected with the base, the other end of the first connecting lever is rotationally connected with one end of the second connecting lever, the other end of the second connecting lever is rotationally connected with the first display mounting plate, and the base is provided with a USB interface, an audio output interface for connecting with an earphone or a speaker, and an audio input interface for connecting with a microphone. By adopting this structure, a user can directly plug devices, the earphone or the speaker with a USB into the base without stoop. The flat panel display support is simple and convenient, and user experience is good.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: LOCTEK VISUAL TECHNOLOGY CORP.
    Inventors: Lehong Xiang, Qiang Chen
  • Patent number: 9755406
    Abstract: A looping bridge is disclosed for looping a number of electric signals through from a first electric module having a number of first electric terminals to a second electric module having a number of second electric terminals, said looping bridge comprising: a comb-shaped interconnect structure having a number of first comb teeth and a number of second comb teeth wherein the first comb teeth can be inserted into the first electric terminals and the second comb teeth can be inserted into the second electric terminals, and wherein the first comb teeth are electroconductively connected to the second comb teeth the comb-shaped interconnect structure being a comb-shaped circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: PHOENIX CONTACT GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Elmar Schaper
  • Patent number: 9755384
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a bridging module (300) for electrically connecting a functional component of a component assembly system, said bridging module comprising a module housing (337) which has an interlocking device (301) for detachably and interlockingly holding the bridging module (300) on a profiled mounting rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Joachim Bury, Thomas Salomon
  • Patent number: 9748754
    Abstract: A connector plug comprises a hook with flexible edges. The hook has a first beveled surface and a second flat surface. A stopper is coupled to the flat surface of the hook by a first barrel portion of the connector plug. The stopper is coupled to a plurality of ridges with flexible edges by a second barrel portion. The plurality of ridges are also coupled to each other by the second barrel portion. A via extends through the connector plug from one end of the connector plug to the other end of the connector plug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: Technologies Holdings Corp.
    Inventors: Rafael Antonio Fematt Madinabeitia, Jorge L. Mireles Jasso
  • Patent number: 9742117
    Abstract: Communications jacks include a housing having a plug aperture that is configured to receive a mating RJ-45 plug along a longitudinal axis and eight jackwire contacts that are arranged as four differential pairs of jackwire contacts, each of the jackwire contacts including a plug contact region that extends into the plug aperture. A first of the jackwire contacts is configured to engage a longitudinally extending surface of a first blade of a mating RJ-45 plug when the mating RJ-45 plug is fully received within the plug aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina
    Inventors: Amid I. Hashim, Wayne D. Larsen, Brian J. Fitzpatrick