Patents Examined by Milagros Jeancharles
  • Patent number: 10840624
    Abstract: A device includes a connector and a detector device. The connector includes at least one first-type pin and at least one second-type pin. The connector is capable of being connected to a corresponding connector of a solid-state drive (SSD) device. The detector device controls the at least one first-type pin to be coupled to a first power supply voltage based on, at least in part, the at least one second-type pin is connected to a second power supply voltage while the corresponding connector of the SSD device is connected to the first connector. If the at least one second-type pin is detected as being connected to a third power supply voltage different from the second power supply voltage while the corresponding connector of the SSD device is connected to the first connector, the detector device controls the at least one first-type pin to be in a non-connected state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: David T. Wang, Gwangman Lim, Shinwoo Park
  • Patent number: 10828991
    Abstract: Electric bicycles anchoring system of the type comprising a first module (1) intended to be installed on the base (3) of an anchoring and recharge station for electric bicycles and a second module (2), complementary to the first module (1) and intended to be installed on an electric bicycle. It allows anchoring and battery recharge of the electric bicycle and triggering an alarm when it detects attempted robbery of the bicycle. It comprises electrical charge connections, data transmission elements in the two modules which make contact with each other when the bicycle is anchored to the station base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: RIDE ON CONSULTING, S.L.
    Inventor: Miguel Vital Huici
  • Patent number: 10826220
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a housing having an interior space and a retaining finger extending into the interior space. An electrical terminal and a terminal position assurance are each disposed within the interior space of the housing. The terminal position assurance is movable relative to the housing between (1) a pre-lock position, wherein the retaining finger prevents the electrical terminal from being withdrawn from the interior space of the housing, and the terminal position assurance does not prevent the retaining finger from moving relative to the housing; (2) a service position, wherein the retaining finger does not prevent the electrical terminal from being withdrawn from the interior space of the housing; and (3) a lock position, wherein the retaining finger prevents the electrical terminal from being withdrawn from the interior space of the housing, and the terminal position assurance prevents the retaining finger from moving relative to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Lear Corporation
    Inventors: Anthony Butcher, David Menzies, Bhupinder Rangi, Yefim Grinshpun
  • Patent number: 10811803
    Abstract: A connection terminal comprises a receptacle portion, a wire crimping portion, and a connection portion. The receptacle portion includes a latching elastic sheet disposed at a rear end of the receptacle portion. The wire crimping portion includes a conductor crimping portion adapted to be crimped onto a conductor of the wire. The connection portion is connected between the rear end of the receptacle portion and the wire crimping portion and includes a first connection portion and a second connection portion. The conductor crimping portion and the latching elastic sheet are disposed between the first connection portion and the second connection portion and opposite to each other in the longitudinal direction. The first connection portion has a first bent portion and the second connection portion has a second bent portion. The first bent portion and the second bent portion each protrude in a height direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Lei Pan, Pai Rejendra, Tongbao Ding, Huigang Guo, Xing Tong
  • Patent number: 10811794
    Abstract: A card edge connector includes a housing having a mounting end mounted to a host circuit board and a mating end having a card slot receiving a circuit card. Upper and lower contacts are received in upper and lower contact channels of the housing. The upper and lower contacts include corresponding mounting ends and mating ends with the mounting ends mounted to the host circuit board and the mating ends having first and second mating interfaces defining first and second points of contact with the same contact pad of the circuit card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kyle Gary Annis, Kevin Michael Thackston, Andrew Monroe Martin
  • Patent number: 10804772
    Abstract: An electric circuit for use in an electric power assisted steering system comprises a motor having a plurality of phases and for each phase at least one stator coil wire that extends from the motor and terminates at a terminal end; a circuit board comprising at least one electrically conductive track supported at least partially by a carrier, the track being electrically connected to at least one drive stage switch; a connector comprising: a base part having a guide hole extending there through that in use is aligned with a corresponding through-hole in the track of the circuit board, a support arm that is connected to the base part and extends away from the base part and a connecting part that is supported by the support arm, the support arm being flexible to permit relative movement between the connecting part and the base part, and securing means for securely fixing the connector to the track of the printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: TRW Limited
    Inventors: Radu Florin Serbanescu, Alan John Biggs, Mahmad Hussain Valiji, David Jonathan Coles, Steven Berry
  • Patent number: 10804663
    Abstract: A connector adapter including a pivot connector frame, a clamping shroud configured to fit through the pivot connector frame, a connector case disposed within the clamping shroud, a sliding sheath to which the connector case is connected, and a bulkhead adapter cavity formed within the connector case, wherein the connector case is configured for rotatable movement and slidable movement within the pivot connector frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Inventor: Steve Cheng
  • Patent number: 10797450
    Abstract: An electrical connector with an insulative housing, a plurality of contacts retained in the housing, and a metallic shell secured to the housing. The housing includes opposite first wall and second wall and a pair of side walls to generally commonly a mating slot communicating with an exterior via a mating opening. The shell includes opposite first plate and second plate and opposite side plates to commonly form a receiving cavity above the mating opening. The opposite side plates further include a pair of downwardly extending securing sections retained inside of the housing. The opposite side plates further include a pair of oblique transitional sections respectively located at roots of the pair of securing sections and in the receiving cavity and proximate to the mating opening for guiding consideration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignees: FUDING PRECISION COMPONENTS (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD., FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: De-Jin Chen, Xing-Liang Liu
  • Patent number: 10793151
    Abstract: An installation switching device has a housing and screw connecting clamp with an essentially frame-shaped clamping part having longitudinal faces, narrow faces and broad faces, a head-clamp screw received in a clamping part threaded aperture, and a current rail arranged fixed in the device extending through the frame-shaped clamping part interior, wherein a current rail broad face is oriented, as assembled, parallel to a clamping part broad face facing the head clamping screw, the screw supporting itself, screwed in, on the current rail, wherein consequently, the clamping part is displaceable in its longitudinal direction, parallel to the narrow face, relative to the current rail by further screwing in the head clamping screw so a connecting conductor can be fixedly clamped between the current rail face remote from the screw and the clamping part broad face remote from the screw, the housing having a screw receiving region guiding the screw head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: ABB SCHWEIZ AG
    Inventors: Ralf Weber, Erwin Muders, Klaus-Peter Eppe
  • Patent number: 10797434
    Abstract: A connector (10) includes a housing (12) having an opening (24) into which a cable (14) is inserted, and a retainer (16) is mounted on the housing (12) from the side of the opening (24). The retainer (16) includes locking lances (44) that face the cable (14) and are resiliently displaceable toward the cable (14) for holding the cable (14). The housing (12) includes cantilevered pressing portions (36). The pressing portions (36) displace the locking lances (44) toward the cable (14) to bring the locking lances (44) into contact with the cable (14) by pressing the locking lances (44) toward the cable (14). The retainer (16) includes displacement preventing portions (72) to prevent displacements of the pressing portions (36) in directions opposite to contacting directions with the locking lances (44) by contacting the pressing portions (36) in the directions toward the cable (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventor: Atsushi Kurita
  • Patent number: 10790598
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing a nut which is rotationally connected to a flat part connecting section of a cable shoe, wherein the flat part connecting section has a passage opening, the nut has a sitting face which is at the bottom in the connected state, and a holder section extends on the nut from the sitting face further downward, wherein a tapered portion of the passage opening is formed by a holder material section which is preliminarily curved into the passage opening by deformation, and the holder material section is produced by a recess which is made in the flat part connecting section so as to surround the passage opening on a top side of the flat part connection section, which top side is associated with the sitting face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: GUSTAV KLAUKE GMBH
    Inventor: Bernd Bürger
  • Patent number: 10790626
    Abstract: Provided is a busbar assembly including a busbar body having an inner radius and an outer radius, and a plurality of terminals coupled to the busbar body and including bodies and electrodes, wherein all the electrodes of the plurality of the terminals are disposed between the inner radius and the outer radius, the plurality of the terminals are disposed at the same height, and at least two terminals among the plurality of the terminals are disposed at different locations around a center of the busbar body in radial and circumferential directions. Thus, an advantageous effect is provided in that a manufacturing cost may be reduced by significantly reducing an amount of generated scrap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jung Kyu Lee, Hee Soo Lim
  • Patent number: 10784639
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a loop bridge for looping-through an electric signal, comprising: a first electric module comprising a first electrical connection terminal, wherein the electric signal loops through the first electric module to a second electric module comprising a second electrical connection terminal, wherein the first electrical connection terminal and the second electrical connection terminal each have a pressure piece: and a printed circuit board with a comb-like line structure. The comb-like line structure comprises: a first comb tine, wherein the first comb tine is configured to be inserted into the first electrical connection terminal, and wherein the first comb tine comprises a first metal support part configured to support the pressure piece of the first electrical connection terminal: and a second comb tine electrically connected to the first comb tine, wherein the second comb tine is configured to be inserted into the second electrical connection terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Elmar Schaper
  • Patent number: 10784635
    Abstract: A sensing apparatus, a piercing terminal, a stamping strip and a corresponding method are provided. Flat copper wires at tail ends of parallel wires of a FPC film are pierced, pressed tightly and fixed by first to fourth spikes on a metal strip. The first to fourth spikes are electrically connected to the flat copper wires at positions where the flat copper wires are pierced respectively, achieving an electrical connection between two piercing terminals and the two flat copper wires at the tail ends of the parallel wires of the FPC film, helping ensure the reliability of the electrical connection. Further, the piercing terminals are suitable for parallel wires of FPC films with different specifications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: SHENZHEN MINJIE ELECTRONICS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Huajun Peng, Li Wang, Guoliang Hua, Jieman Wu
  • Patent number: 10784594
    Abstract: An adapter connector has two ends to be mated with a first mating connector and a second mating connector respectively. The adapter connector includes an insulating body and multiple terminals. The insulating body has a first mating section and a second mating section. The first mating section is concavely provided with multiple terminal slots. The second mating section is concavely provided with an insertion space communicated with the terminal slots. The first mating section is mated with the first mating connector. The insertion space accommodates the second mating connector. Each terminal has an elastic contact portion at one end thereof and a flat plate contact portion at the other end thereof. The elastic contact portion is accommodated in a corresponding terminal slot and electrically connected with the first mating connector. The flat plate contact portion is accommodated in the insertion space to be electrically connected with the second mating connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: LOTES CO., LTD
    Inventor: Wen Kuan Zhang
  • Patent number: 10777934
    Abstract: An electrical connector having a housing with a mating face and a wire-receiving face. Terminal-receiving cavities extend from the mating face toward the wire-receiving face. A receiving cavity extends from the wire-receiving face to an end wall provided at an end of the terminal-receiving cavities. The receiving cavity has a first section provided proximate the wire-receiving face and a second section provided proximate the end wall at the end of the terminal-receiving cavities. A transition wall is provided between the first section and the second section. A rear cover member is provided proximate the wire-receiving face. The receiving cavity is configured to receive a gang sealing member in the first section or individual wire sealing members in the second section to form a seal between the housing and the respective gang sealing member or the individual wire sealing members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignees: TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION, TE CONNECTIVITY ITALIA DISTRIBUTION S.r.l.
    Inventors: Chong Hun Yi, Christopher A. Rowland, Fulvio Calvone
  • Patent number: 10770842
    Abstract: A connector comprises a cage having a plurality of insertion chambers arranged in parallel, a plurality of radiators each mounted on a top wall of one of the plurality of insertion chambers, and a plurality of elastic clips each adapted to fix one of the radiators on the top wall of one of the insertion chambers. Each clip has a pair of longitudinal beams and a pair of elastic lateral beams connected between the pair of longitudinal beams. The pair of elastic lateral beams cross the radiator in a lateral direction of the cage and press the radiator on the top wall of the insertion chamber. The pair of longitudinal beams are located at a pair of sides of the radiator opposite to each other in the lateral direction and are locked to the top wall of the insertion chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Jiwang Jin, Hongqiang Han, WenYu Liu, Chenxi Wang, Xingjie Ge
  • Patent number: 10770810
    Abstract: A battery terminal cover (1) is mounted on a battery (2) to be installed in a vehicle and includes a body (10) to be fixed to the battery (2), a movable portion (20) coupled to the body (10) via hinges (50) and rotatably displaceable to a shielding position to cover a screw member bolt (6) mounted on the battery (2) and an open position to be overlapped on the body portion (10), and a tool restricting portion (30) provided on the movable portion (20) and configured to restrict the rotation of a tool (T) by interfering with the tool before the tool rotated about the screw member (6) contacts the vehicle with the movable portion (20) set at the open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventor: Takahiro Tsuchiya
  • Patent number: 10756475
    Abstract: A holding frame for a heavy plug-type connector can receive identical and/or different plug-type connector modules. The holding frame comprises a main body which has two side parts which lie opposite one another, and at least one fixing clip which is held at least on a side part, and by way of which the plug-type connector modules can be fixed within the main body. The at least one fixing clip has at least one holding arm which moves parallel to the plane of the side parts during the introduction of a plug-type connector module into the holding frame. As a result, plug-type connector modules can be introduced into the holding frame particularly simply and even in the installed state of said holding frame. At the same time, the holding frame variant which is shown here is more stable than the previously known holding frames which have the same functionality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: HARTING Electric GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Andre Tiemann, Heiko Meier, Jörg Ziegenhahn, Andre Beneke
  • Patent number: 10734762
    Abstract: A connector housing (20) includes a housing body (21) to which a mating connector housing is to be fit from front. A lock arm (40) has front and rear ends fixed to the housing body (21). A lock (42) is provided in a central part of the lock arm (40) in the front-rear direction and is configured to lock the mating connector housing. A pressing surface (43) is on a rear end part of the lock arm (40) and is configured to displace the lock (42) in an unlocking direction by being pressed. A coupling portion (44) couples the pressing surface (43) to the central part of the lock arm (40) in the front-rear direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Keisuke Kanemura, Teruo Hara, Hidekazu Matsuda, Ai Hirano, Yuichi Nakanishi, Shohei Mitsui