Patents Examined by Jean Duverne
  • Patent number: 9997884
    Abstract: A connector includes an inner sleeve through which a central conductor and an insulator of a coaxial cable are passed, and an outer sleeve through which the central conductor, the insulator and a shield member of the coaxial cable are passed, the inner sleeve including a rotatable cylindrical member and having a cutout window opened by a predetermined angle range in a circumferential direction, a front end and a rear end of the cutout window in a direction along the central conductor coinciding with a front end of the central conductor and a front end of the insulator, respectively, the predetermined angle range of the cutout window being smaller than 180°, a straight line between both ends in the circumferential direction of the cutout window passing outside the central conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Masakazu Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 8901762
    Abstract: A control method for a wind power generating system includes the following procedures. When a rotational speed control condition is satisfied, a wind turbine is switched to operate under a rotational speed control mode to limit the electricity power by a maximum power point shifting manner. When a speed of an external wind is greater than a predetermined wind speed, the wind turbine is switched to operate under a safety mode to decrease a rotational speed of the wind turbine by a maximum torque extraction manner to protect the wind power generating system. A wind power generating system is also disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Delta Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Chih-Hung Hsiao, Cheng-Chieh Chan, Yun-Chi Hung
  • Patent number: 8356998
    Abstract: A portable information processing device includes a circuit board portion that has a main body portion side board mounting an electronic circuit thereon and forming a main body portion, and a connector portion side board forming a connector portion for connection to electronic equipment, wherein the main body portion side board mounts an electronic circuit on at least one of a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, and is provided with a main body portion side electro-static discharge line which functions as an electro-static discharge surge arrester at an edge portion of a surface on which at least an electronic circuit is mounted, and wherein the connector portion side board is provided with a connector portion side electro-static discharge line which is connected to the main body portion side electro-static discharge line and functions as an electro-static emission portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Katsutoshi Tahara
  • Patent number: 8087942
    Abstract: A board-to-board connector assembly includes a receptacle connector and a plug connector. The receptacle connector has a receptacle housing, a plurality of first terminals disposed in the receptacle housing, and at least one first fixing member mounted to the receptacle housing. The first fixing member has a first base portion, an elastic portion bending toward one side and then extending downward from a top of the first base portion. An outside portion of the elastic portion defines a fixing cavity opposite to the first base portion. The plug connector has a plug housing mated with the receptacle housing, a plurality of second terminals disposed in the plug housing and contacting the corresponding first terminals, and at least one second fixing member mounted in the plug housing and defining at least one fixing portion which is buckled into the fixing cavity of the corresponding first fixing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Cheng Uei Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chung-Yu Chen
  • Patent number: 8075339
    Abstract: A cable termination assembly is made up of one of a plurality of connector bodies each having a thin-walled outer sleeve which may be composed of metal or plastic, the outer sleeve having a raised external wall surface portion which may be of convex or truncated convex configuration with or without depressions or interruptions in its external surface; and, depending on the pull out force required, utilization of a plastic sleeve enabling the use of a crimping ring consisting entirely of a metal ring of substantially uniform diameter with notch portions to engage external protuberances on the outer sleeve of the connector body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Belden Inc.
    Inventor: Randall A. Holliday
  • Patent number: 8075336
    Abstract: A bridge element (5) having at least two bridge prongs (4), which are intended to be inserted into the respective bridge shafts (2) and to make electrically conductive contact with a contact point (3), which is arranged in the bridge shaft (2), of one or more clamping elements (1A-1G), and having a bridge section (10) which is electrically conductively connected to the bridge prongs (4) is described. The bridge prongs (4) and the bridge section (10) are electrically conductive and extend parallel to one another in a common insertion direction (Z). At least the external b ridge prongs (4) each have a profile which is of L-shaped cross section and has an outer contact section (9) which extends flat in the direction (Z) of extent and in the bridging direction (Y) which faces the adjacent bridge prongs (4), and an inner contact section (6) which starts from the outer contact section (9) transverse to the bridging direction (Y).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: WAGO Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH
    Inventor: Hans-Josef Koellman
  • Patent number: 8070518
    Abstract: A compression sleeve is combined to a microphone cable. A small-diameter cylindrical portion is compressed on the outer peripheral side of a folded portion of a shielding cable. Thus, the compression sleeve is electrically connected to the shielding cable. A large-diameter cylindrical portion covers a connection portion between a connector and the microphone cable. The large-diameter cylindrical portion and a connector housing are fitted with each other. A bush covers the compression sleeve. Inner periphery of the connector housing is in contacts and presses the outer periphery of the large-diameter cylindrical portion. The large-diameter cylindrical portion has a flange on the outer surface. The flange contacts and presses an end of the connector housing on closer to the microphone cable by the shoulder portion of the bush.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Audio-Technica
    Inventor: Hiroshi Akino
  • Patent number: 8066527
    Abstract: A surge snap-on module assembly includes a plug connector adapted to be received by an electrical device. A second housing is connected to a first housing. A surge protection device is disposed between the first and second housings. At least one first opening is formed in the second housing. A plurality of wires pass through the at least one first opening and are connected to the surge protection device. Accordingly, the surge protection device protects electrical apparatus connected to the electrical device from electrical surges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventor: Sorin Ioan Mortun
  • Patent number: 8062060
    Abstract: The invention relates to an interface element to be fixed on and/or in an interface element holder of an electrical appliance, which element includes a hard component portion. The invention provides a positioning portion which is formed from an elastic material and makes it possible for the hard component portion to move relative to the interface element holder as a result of deformation. The invention also relates to an interface element holder and to an electrical appliance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Marcin Rejman
  • Patent number: 8062055
    Abstract: A connector assembly includes a housing that includes one or more slots for inserting a component defined in a top side of the connector housing. Each slot includes a first and a second interior surface separated by a distance. Channels are defined in each surface and are adapted to receive a portion of a terminal. Openings for receiving a terminal are defined in a bottom surface of the housing. When the terminal is fully inserted into the opening the terminal portion is substantially adjacent to a surface within the channel and a contact region of the terminal is substantially centered between the first and second interior surfaces of the slot so as to enable lateral movement of the contact portion between the first and second surfaces when the component is inserted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: John Mark Myer, John Wesley Hall, Hurley Chester Moll
  • Patent number: 8062073
    Abstract: A receptacle connector includes a housing having a slot configured to receive a mating connector therein. Contacts are held by the housing. The contacts include mating segments that are arranged side-by-side within a row that extends along a row axis. The mating segments of the contacts include mating interfaces that are exposed within the slot for engagement with the mating connector. The contacts include a differential pair of signal contacts. The mating segments of the signal contacts within the differential pair are arranged within a column that extends along a column axis that is oriented non-parallel to the row axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: David Szczesny, Michael Eugene Shirk
  • Patent number: 8057263
    Abstract: An electrical connector including a connector housing having opposite mating and loading faces that are configured to engage board edges of first and second circuit boards, respectively. The connector housing includes a contact channel that extends through the connector housing between the mating and loading faces. The electrical connector also includes a signal contact that is stamped from sheet material along a stamped edge. The signal contact includes a contact body having opposite sheet surfaces. The stamped edge defines a shape of the contact body that includes first and second contact fingers. The signal contact is disposed within the contact channel so that the stamped edge along the first contact finger electrically engages the first circuit board and so that the stamped edge along the second contact finger electrically engages the second circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Edward John Howard, Steven Lee Flickinger, George Irwin Peters, Jr.
  • Patent number: 8057241
    Abstract: A connector includes a movable conductive element and an elastic body. The connector electrically conducts between opposed external electrodes disposed vertically. The movable conductive element has a pair of rigid contact. And the elastic body deforms elastically to receive the load caused by the movement of the movable conductive element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventor: Akira Tamura
  • Patent number: 8057239
    Abstract: A power module assembly of the type suitable for deployment in a vehicular power inverter, wherein the power inverter has a grounded chassis, is provided. The power module assembly comprises a conductive base layer electrically coupled to the chassis, an insulating layer disposed on the conductive base layer, a first conductive node disposed on the insulating layer, a second conductive node disposed on the insulating layer, wherein the first and second conductive nodes are electrically isolated from each other. The power module assembly also comprises a first capacitor having a first electrode electrically connected to the conductive base layer, and a second electrode electrically connected to the first conductive node, and further comprises a second capacitor having a first electrode electrically connected to the conductive base layer, and a second electrode electrically connected to the second conductive node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Jeremy B. Campbell, Steve Newson
  • Patent number: 8052459
    Abstract: A connector is provided that permits locking between a pin and a housing a canted coil spring yet permit separation by allowing turning of the canted coil spring so that the canted coil spring can compress along the minor axis. In one example, the connector incorporates two grooves on the pin to allow the rotation. In another example, the connector incorporates two grooves in the bore of the housing to allow the rotation. The connector may be used in a number of applications or industries, such as for aerospace, automotive, and medical device industries, to name a few.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: Bal Seal Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: Kyle Smith, Farshid Dilmaghanian
  • Patent number: 8052474
    Abstract: A jack is provided that has compensation and crosstalk zones. At least one of the zones employs a lattice network that couples conductors in the zone to reduce the net crosstalk in the plug/jack system. The lattice network has a frequency response slope that is different from the frequency response slope of a first-order coupling or of a series LC circuit coupling. A variety of lattice networks are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: Panduit Corp.
    Inventors: Wayne C. Fite, Ronald A. Nordin, Masud Bolouri-Saransar
  • Patent number: 8052486
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrical power outlet device and a module thereof. The electrical power outlet device includes an electrical power outlet section and a main body section. The electrical power outlet section has an electrical power outlet unit with a plurality of sockets, and an electric plug is inserted into the sockets and is remained firmly in an electrical power outlet. The main body section is connected with the electrical power outlet section and has a circuit device and an output unit, wherein the circuit device is connected with the corresponding plurality of sockets of the electrical power outlet unit to receive a power signal and converts the power signal to produce a converted signal, and the output unit is connected to the circuit device to send out a converted signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: Powertech Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu-Lung Lee, Jung-Hui Hsu
  • Patent number: 8052490
    Abstract: There is provided a device for electrically conductive contacting of a pipe having a band shaped metallic clamp (2) with two end parts (6, 7), wherein the clamp is equipped with parts of a closing device (11, 13, 14) at both end parts. The device has a separator (4) made from electrically conductive material, wherein the separator is deformable under pressure and wherein the separator is attached to the inner surface of the clamp. The device further comprises insulating material (3), wherein the clamp is embedded in the insulating material leaving free the inner surface required for making contact with the pipe. Furthermore, the embedded material leaves free both end parts of the clamp enabling a direct contact between both end parts in an assembly position of the device around the pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Peter Bernasch, Erhard Mahlandt
  • Patent number: 8052485
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrical power outlet device and a module thereof. The electrical power outlet device includes an electrical power outlet section and a main body section. The electrical power outlet section has an electrical power outlet unit with a plurality of sockets, and an electric plug is inserted into the sockets and is remained firmly in an electrical power outlet. The main body section is connected with the electrical power outlet section and has a circuit device and an output unit, wherein the circuit device is connected with the corresponding plurality of sockets of the electrical power outlet unit to receive a power signal and converts the power signal to produce a converted signal, and the output unit is connected to the circuit device to send out a converted signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: Powertech Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu-Lung Lee, Jung-Hui Hsu
  • Patent number: 8047878
    Abstract: A hybrid connector jack assembly for use in association with an electronic device comprising an audio jack component and a coaxial connector jack component. The audio jack component is coupled to an electronic circuit and has a proximal end and a distal end, an elongated opening extends from the proximal end to the distal end. It is structurally configured to receive a male audio connector. The coaxial connector jack component positioned at the distal end of the audio jack component and accessible through the elongated opening of the audio jack component. This allows for the insertion of a coaxial cable through the audio jack component and into operative engagement with the coaxial connector jack component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Motorola Mobility, Inc.
    Inventors: Istvan Szini, Manjeet Bhalla, John Mura