Patents Examined by Nelson R Burgos-Guntin
  • Patent number: 11811175
    Abstract: A receptacle connector 10 includes a ground contact 11 including a fitting portion 11a that has a tubular shape and is to be fitted to a ground contact 101 of a plug connector 100; a signal contact 12 that is to be electrically connected to a signal contact 102 of the plug connector 100; and an insulating housing 13 that holds the ground contact 11 and the signal contact 12 in an insulated state. The signal contact 12 includes a central conductor 12a, and a board connection portion 12b that extends so as to lead out from the central conductor 12a to be connected to a signal terminal portion 201 of the board 200. The board connection portion 12b is accommodated in a region surrounded by the fitting portion 11a, and at least a part of the board connection portion 12b is exposed to an outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Inventor: Hiroki Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11804665
    Abstract: A connector 10 includes a housing 11 to be installed on a circuit board 80. The housing 11 includes a first locking portion 21 and a second locking portion 22. Each of the first and second locking portions 21, 22 includes a resiliently deformable leg portion 27, 28 projecting from a front side to a back side of the circuit board 80 and a locking body 31, 32 protruding from the leg portion 27, 28 in a direction intersecting a projecting direction of the leg portion 27, 28. The locking body 31, 32 has a locking surface 33, 34 lockable to the circuit board 80. The locking surfaces 33, 34 of the first and second locking portions 21, 22 are at different heights in the projecting direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Takuya Masumoto
  • Patent number: 11804667
    Abstract: A board-to-board connector assembly includes first and second connector assemblies and a connector interconnect between the first and second connector assemblies. Each connector assembly includes an outer shell and a connector received in a cavity of the outer shell. The connector has a connector body holding contacts in a card slot, which receives a circuit card edge of an add-in card. The outer shell has an outer board guide configured to engage the add-in card and guide mating of the outer shell with the add-in card. The outer shell has a latch configured to latchably engage the add-in card to secure the connector to the add-in card. The connector interposer electrically interconnects the contacts of the connector assemblies to electrically connect the add-in cards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GmbH
    Inventors: Randall Robert Henry, Michael John Phillips, Michael David Herring, Brandon Michael Matthews
  • Patent number: 11799221
    Abstract: A fan connector structure is applicable to a system circuit board having a circuit board-end connector provided thereon and includes a fan having a fan frame main body and a fan-end connector projected from an outer side of the fan frame main body. The fan-end connector and the fan frame main body can be selectively integrally or non-integrally formed with each other. The fan-end connector is correspondingly connectable to the circuit board-end connector, so as to realize the purpose of automated and quick assembling of the fan to the system circuit board with less labor and time cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: ASIA VITAL COMPONENTS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung-Wei Sun, Ming-Che Lee
  • Patent number: 11799222
    Abstract: There is provided a connector including: a terminal fitting including a terminal portion, a conductor connection portion, and a connecting portion that connects the terminal portion and the conductor connection portion; a housing including an accommodating chamber that accommodates the terminal fitting from the terminal portion to the connecting portion, and a terminal drawing port that allows the conductor connection portion to be drawn out of the accommodating chamber toward a removal direction of the terminal portion; and a conductive component soldering a conductor to the conductor connection portion inserted into a through-hole, in which the connecting portion includes a first coupling portion that is coupled to the terminal portion, a second coupling portion that is coupled to the conductor connection portion, and a third coupling portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kotaro Wada, Naoki Takamura, Kaoru Sawairi
  • Patent number: 11791577
    Abstract: Described herein are circuit assemblies comprising flexible interconnect circuits and/or other components connected to these circuits. In some examples, conductive elements of different circuits are connected with support structures, such as rivets. Furthermore, conductive elements of the same circuit can be interconnected. In some examples, a conductive element of a circuit is connected to a printed circuit board (or other devices) using a conductor-joining structure. Interconnecting different circuits involves stacking these circuits such that the conductive element in one circuit overlaps with the conductive element in another circuit. A support structure protrudes through both conductive elements and any other components positioned in between, such as dielectric and/or adhesive layers. This structure electrically connects the conductive elements and also compresses the conductive elements toward each other. For example, a rivet is used with the rivet heads contacting one or two conductive elements, e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: CelLink Corporation
    Inventors: Kevin Michael Coakley, Emily Hernandez, Mark Terlaak, Malcolm Parker Brown
  • Patent number: 11791578
    Abstract: A connector 10 includes a housing 11 and a plurality of terminals 40A, 40B arranged in two or more stages in a vertical direction in the housing 11. The plurality of terminals 40A, 40B extend downward behind the housing 11 and include board connecting portions 43 in lower end parts. The board connecting portions 43 provided in the plurality of terminals 40A, 40B are so set that the board connecting portions 43 of the terminals arranged in an upper stage (e.g. upper-stage terminals 40A) in the housing 11 are located to be lower in a state before being connected to a surface of a board 100.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Karita, Takashi Tsuchiya
  • Patent number: 11791581
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a battery connector includes: power terminals configured to be coupled to a load having an input capacitance; power pins electrically coupled to the power terminals; a charge pin, the charge pin being longer than each of the power pins; and an antispark circuit electrically interposed between the charge pin and the power terminals, the antispark circuit including: a dissipation circuit configured to charge the input capacitance of the load in response to a battery being coupled to the charge pin; and a delay circuit configured to delay charging of the input capacitance of the load for a predetermined duration after the battery is coupled to the charge pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Textron Innovations Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Brown, Kynn J. Schulte
  • Patent number: 11777238
    Abstract: A receptacle assembly is configured to be disposed on a circuit board and to receive a pluggable module and includes a cage member and a connector. The cage member includes a housing portion and at least one fin portion. The housing portion defines an accommodation space and an insertion hole in fluid communication with the accommodation space. The insertion hole is located at one end of the accommodation space. The fin portion is integrally formed with the housing portion and extends outwardly from an outer surface of the housing portion. The connector is located at another end of the accommodation space. The insertion hole is configured for an insertion of the pluggable module into the accommodation space and the connector is configured to be electrically connected to the pluggable module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: WISTRON CORP.
    Inventor: Yi-Hsuan Chueh
  • Patent number: 11769970
    Abstract: A connector includes an outer shield, a terminal surrounded by the outer shield, a housing fixed to the outer shield and holding the terminal; and an inner shield surrounded by the outer shield. The outer shield, the inner shield, and two virtual paths that connect the two tip regions of the inner shield to the outer shield by shortest distances, respectively, constitute plural electrically-closed loops surrounding the terminal. The electrically-closed loops include one or more particular electrically-closed loops. Each of the one or more particular electrically-closed loops does not surround any electrically-closed loop among the plurality of electrically-closed loops other than the each of the one or more particular electrically-closed loops. A longest loop length of the one or more loop lengths of the one or more particular electrically-closed loops is shorter than a wavelength of a maximum frequency of a transmission signal flowing through the terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryosuke Shimomura, Yoji Miyazaki, Hiroshi Tanaka, Kazumasa Iijima
  • Patent number: 11769966
    Abstract: An anti-attenuation apparatus has an electronic device and a cable assembly. The electronic device has a circuit board and a plurality of metal pads mounted on the circuit board as female connecting spots. The cable assembly has a cable main body and an inserting connector. The inserting connector is mounted at an end of the cable main body and has multiple elastic components as male connecting spots. The female connecting spots and the male connecting spots selectively contact each other and thus the electric connection is formed. Therefore, the electronic device needs no additional socket and no additional connector as female connecting spots. Similarly, the cable assembly needs no additional connector for connecting the elastic component and the cable main body. In other words, twice attenuations are skipped in a set that has the electronic device and the cable assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Bizlink International Corp.
    Inventors: Hsin-Tuan Hsiao, Yi-Hsing Chung
  • Patent number: 11764521
    Abstract: A board end connector and a connector assembly are provided. The board end connector comprises a board end connector body and a board end housing. The board end housing comprises a board end accommodating part and a buckling slot. Wherein the board end accommodating part accommodates the board end connector body. An end surface of the board end accommodating part in the first direction comprises a board end opening. The buckling slot is disposed at one side of the board end accommodating part. A buckling bump is provided in the buckling slot. A sidewall of the buckling bump in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction and away from the board end accommodating part comprises a board end buckling part. The board end buckling part comprises a retaining opening and a buckling elastic piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: DONGGUAN LUXSHARE TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD
    Inventors: Bin Huang, HongJi Chen
  • Patent number: 11764520
    Abstract: A board end connector and a connector assembly are provided. The board end connector comprises a board end connector body and a board end housing. The board end housing comprises a board end accommodating part and a buckling slot. Wherein the board end accommodating part accommodates the board end connector body. An end surface of the board end accommodating part in the first direction comprises a board end opening. The buckling slot is disposed at one side of the board end accommodating part. A buckling bump is provided in the buckling slot. A sidewall of the buckling bump in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction and away from the board end accommodating part comprises a board end buckling part. The board end buckling part comprises a retaining opening and a buckling elastic piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: DONGGUAN LUXSHARE TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD
    Inventors: Bin Huang, HongJi Chen
  • Patent number: 11757218
    Abstract: Provided is a connector fitting which includes: a fixed portion provided on a side wall of a housing of a connector; and a projecting portion provided on the side wall of the housing and projecting from the side wall of the housing with respect to the fixed portion, in which the fixed portion is wider than the projecting portion, the fixed portion includes a pair of shoulder portions on both side surfaces of the fixed portion, and the shoulder portions are provided on a side surface between the fixed portion and the projecting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: HIROSE ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shohei Hosoda
  • Patent number: 11749922
    Abstract: A dual-sided connector is provided. The dual-sided connector can include a first housing including a male connection port. The dual-sided connector can also include a second housing opposite the first housing. The second housing can include a female connection port. The dual-sided connector can also include a plurality of pins included in the second housing. The plurality of pins can extend through the first housing and the second housing. Each pin of the plurality of pins can include a male end terminating in the first housing and a female end terminating in the second housing. The dual-sided connector can also include a plurality of fasteners coupling the first housing and the second housing. Systems and methods of assembly are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: GE INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventor: Mariah Inez Hake
  • Patent number: 11728599
    Abstract: An assembly includes: first and second printed circuit boards (PCBs), the PCBs being disposed generally parallel to each other; a first coaxial connector mounted to the first PCB, the first coaxial connector comprising a first inner contact and a first outer connector body, the first outer connector body having a first thickness; and a second coaxial connector mounted to the second PCB, the second axial connector comprising, a second inner contact and a second outer connector body. The second outer connector body includes an engagement surface, the engagement surface being flexible in a direction normal to the second PCB, the engagement surface having a second thickness that is greater than the first thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: David J. Smentek, Troy I. Vanderhoof, Amit Kaistha, Thomas G. Sheehe
  • Patent number: 11721921
    Abstract: A connector includes: half body parts each including a connector body, and a plurality of terminals attached to the body; end parts formed on both ends of the body formed by allowing the bodies to abut each other; and reinforcing brackets attached to the respective end parts. Each of the bodies is a member integrated with the terminals by primary insert molding, and includes a protrusion extending in the longitudinal direction and holding the terminals, and an embedded part connected to both ends in the longitudinal direction of the protrusion. The end part includes a covering part covering at least the embedded part of each of the bodies, and the covering part is a member integrated with the embedded part and the bracket by secondary insert molding. The connector allows for the spacing between protrusions to be narrowed, simplifying manufacturing, reducing size, and improving reliability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventor: Daishi Gondo
  • Patent number: 11715901
    Abstract: A board connector A includes a housing 10 to be mounted on a circuit board P, and first and second terminal fittings 21, 31 mounted in the housing. The first and second terminal fittings 21, 31 include first and second board connecting portions 22, 32 projecting from a facing surface 15 of the housing 10 facing the circuit board P and to be surface-mounted on the circuit board P. The first and second board connecting portions 22, 32 extend in a direction intersecting a facing direction of the circuit board P and the facing surface 15. A jig accommodating portion 16 recessed from a region of the facing surface 15 not facing the first and second board connecting portions 22, 32 is formed in a region of the facing surface 15 facing the first and second board connecting portions 22, 32.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Hidekazu Matsuda
  • Patent number: 11715906
    Abstract: A connector 10 includes a board-side housing 21 to be installed on a circuit board 100, and mating housings 61A, 61B to be connected to the board-side housing 21. The board-side housing 21 includes front and back walls 26, 27, left and right walls 28, 29 and accommodation chambers 32A, 32B arranged between the front and back walls 26, 27 and between the left and right walls 28, 29 and open upward. The mating housings 61A, 61B include protruding portions 78 exposed above the board-side housing 21 and protruding toward both front and back sides beyond the front and back walls 26, 27 with the mating housings 61A, 61B accommodated in the accommodation chambers 32A, 32B.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Hidekazu Matsuda
  • Patent number: 11695228
    Abstract: A housing of a connector has end faces at both ends thereof in a pitch direction. The end faces correspond to protruding blocks of a mating connector 50, respectively. Two guide members are distinct and separated from each other. Each of the guide members has a side portion and two supporting portions. The guide members correspond to the end faces, respectively. Accordingly, the side portion and the supporting portions correspond to one of the end faces. The side portion is located apart from the end face corresponding thereto in the pitch direction. The side portion, the supporting portions and the end face corresponding to the side portion form a receiving portion. The receiving portion guides and receives the protruding block corresponding to the end face forming the receiving portion when the connector and the mating connector are mated with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited
    Inventors: Yukitaka Tanaka, Yuki Suda