Patents Examined by Nelson R Burgos-Guntin
  • Patent number: 11600938
    Abstract: A bridge element (3) for establishing an electrical connection and at least one mechanical connection between an actuator (1) and a bridge element (3) for a transmission control unit of a transmission includes first electrical contacts (5a, 6a) and second electrical contacts (5b, 6b), which are connected to the first electrical contacts (5a, 6a) with electrical conductors (5, 6), and at least first mechanical connecting elements (7, 8) proximate the first electrical contacts (5a, 6a).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventors: Markus Moosmann, Florian Pawlak, Tobias Nusser, Karlheinz Mayr, Thilo Schmidt
  • Patent number: 11600946
    Abstract: A heavy-duty, harsh environment coaxial connector assembly includes a mounting shell connector including a cylindrical body and an electrically conductive mounting flange extending from the cylindrical body, a plurality of mounting apertures formed in the flange to support the mounting shell connector via a plurality of fasteners extending through the respective mounting apertures, and wherein each of the plurality of fasteners is electrically isolated from the mounting flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
    Inventor: Joshua Paul Gates
  • Patent number: 11588266
    Abstract: A coaxial connector is provided. The coaxial connector includes a shell, a first fixing member, a second fixing member, and a core body. The first fixing member and the second fixing member are disposed in a fixing thru-hole of the shell. One end of the first fixing member abuts against one end of the second fixing member. One portion of the core body is disposed in the first fixing member and the second fixing member. An inner diameter of a first inner engaging portion of the first fixing member changes with a length thereof, and an inner diameter of a second inner engaging portion of the second fixing member is uniform. An outer diameter of an engaging portion of the core body changes with a length thereof, and an outer diameter of an auxiliary engaging portion of the core body is uniform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: BO-JIANG TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chang-Hui Chiang
  • Patent number: 11575222
    Abstract: A socket structure is provided and includes a circuit board, an insulating base, a pin and a conductive component. The insulating base is disposed on the circuit board and includes a first side and a second side opposite to each other. The pin is disposed between the first side and the second side. The conductive component is connected between the circuit board and the insulating base and includes a first arm, a second arm and a connecting part. The first arm and the second arm are connected to each other through the connecting part. The first arm is fixed on the second side of the insulating base and connected to the pin and includes a first fixing end connected to the circuit board. The second arm includes a second fixing end connected to the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventor: Wei-Yao Chen
  • Patent number: 11575231
    Abstract: A receptacle connector for mating with a plug connector having a mating tongue and a latch thereof, includes an insulative housing defining a mating slot extending along a longitudinal direction to receive the mating tongue of the plug connector, and an outer metallic shield defining a primary space to receive the housing and a secondary space communicatively beside the primary space to receive the latch of the plug connector. A plurality of contacts are disposed in the housing to mechanically and electrically connect to the mating tongue. An inner metallic shield is attached upon a long side of the housing to separate the primary space and the secondary space from each other in a transverse direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignees: FOXCONN (KUNSHAN) COMPUTER CONNECTOR CO., LTD., FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Lai-Hang Lv, De-Jin Chen, Xian-Wei Feng, Xian-Liang Zhang
  • Patent number: 11575223
    Abstract: Provided is a connector which includes: a plurality of terminals; additional members configured to maintain a state of being mated with a counterpart connector; and a housing, in which the additional members each include a first lock portion and second lock portions, the housing includes first side wall portions each holding the first lock portion, and second side wall portions each holding the second lock portions, the first lock portion includes a curved surface protruding relative to a front surface of the first side wall portion, the second lock portion includes a curved surface protruding relative to a front surface of the second side wall portion, the first lock portion is divided in a direction orthogonal to the first side wall portion, and the second lock portion extends in a direction orthogonal to the first lock portion, on each side of the first lock portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: HIROSE ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shohei Hosoda
  • Patent number: 11569601
    Abstract: A socket configured to electrically connect a first electric component and a second electric component, the socket including: a base part including a top surface and a bottom surface; a contact pin provided to extend through the base part and including a pin lower end exposed from the bottom surface; and an abutment part provided in the base part, and including an abutment lower end, the abutment lower end being exposed from the bottom surface to abut on the second electric component and configured to be movable in a vertical direction, the abutment part being configured such that the abutment lower end abuts on the second electric component approaching, in a process of attaching the second electric component, the base part from below to adjust a posture of the base part with respect to the second electric component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Enplas Corporation
    Inventor: Keiji Obata
  • Patent number: 11569616
    Abstract: To help maintain and improve signal integrity, a connector housing can include one or more of the following: asymmetric keying features, asymmetric alignment features, and alternating stitched contacts. First and second contact rows and third and fourth contact rows can each have a first row pitch, and the second and the third contact rows can have a second, greater row pitch. First and second keying structures can be positioned non-symmetrically about both longitudinal and median centerlines of the connector housing. If first, second, third, and fourth contacts all lie on a common centerline of the connector housing, the first and the third contacts can be inserted in a first direction, and the second and the fourth contacts can be inserted in a second, opposite direction. First and second contact securing structures can engage the connector housing at different heights of the connector housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: SAMTEC, INC.
    Inventors: Randall E. Musser, Jonathan E. Buck
  • Patent number: 11563287
    Abstract: An arrangement for electrical contacting of a current connector (3) with a circuit arrangement (1) is provided. The current connector (3) includes at least one contact spring wire (5, 6) with an end contact (5a, 6a), which is configured for spring-loading, and the circuit arrangement (1) includes at least one contact point. The end contact (5a, 6a) and the contact point each form a spring pressure contact, and the end contact (5a, 6a) of the contact spring wire (5, 6) is configured as a bracket with an outer contact surface and at least one cutting edge arranged proximate the contact surface, which is engaged with the contact point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventors: Heinz Reichert, Tobias Nusser, Oliver Küpfer
  • Patent number: 11563285
    Abstract: Disclosed is a connector. The connector comprises: an insulation member including a first sidewall portion, a second sidewall portion facing the first sidewall portion, and a bottom portion connecting the first sidewall portion to the second sidewall portion and having an opening formed between the first sidewall portion and the second sidewall portion; and a conductive pin including a fastening portion arranged on the first sidewall portion, a variable portion facing the fastening portion, and a connecting portion connecting the fastening portion to the variable portion and arranged in the opening formed on the bottom portion, wherein the bottom portion further includes a support portion extending inwardly of the opening to support the connecting portion, and the thickness of the support portion may be smaller than the thickness of the bottom portion. In addition, various embodiments understood from the specification can be implemented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Inventors: Jaeryong Han, Inha Lee, Hanseok Mun
  • Patent number: 11563284
    Abstract: Each of a first connector and a second connector of a connector assembly includes at least two high frequency signal terminals. When viewed from a first direction, each periphery of the high frequency signal terminals is surrounded by an outer shell and an inner shell. The outer shell has a substantially quadrilateral shape. The high frequency signal terminals, the outer shells surrounding peripheries of the high frequency signal terminals, and the inner shells, which are disposed on a second symmetry axis form a linearly symmetrical shape with the second symmetry axis as a center line of the outer shells along a second direction orthogonal to the first direction in which the high frequency signal terminals are arranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Junji Oosaka
  • Patent number: 11557864
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided that may be used to secure an object or objects, such as a charging cord and/or charging adapter or block for example, at a location, such as at an alternating current (AC) wall outlet or other electrical outlet. Apparatus can be sized and dimensioned to secure a complimentary smartphone or cellphone and/or computer (e.g., laptop, tablet, etc.) charging cord and/or charging adapter or block to an electrical outlet using a keyed or other mated fastener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Inventor: Shaant Varjabedian
  • Patent number: 11557859
    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: July 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: DONGGUAN LUXSHARE TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD
    Inventors: Bin Huang, HongJi Chen
  • Patent number: 11557856
    Abstract: A connector lock structure includes a lock arm that extends along a fitting direction and is formed on a side wall of a connector housing, and maintains a fitted state by being elastically engaged with a counterpart connector housing; a pair of flexible and deformable plate-shaped support walls that protrude rearward of the side wall to sandwich a rear portion of the lock arm therebetween; a coupling portion that couples each of the plate-shaped support walls to the rear portion of the lock arm in a width direction of the connector housing; and an upward protruding portion that protrudes upward than the coupling portion and is formed on each of the plate-shaped support walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Kousuke Kida, Akihiro Tsuruta, Takuya Hasegawa, Hiromasa Kubota
  • Patent number: 11552420
    Abstract: A floating connector comprises a movable housing, a regulating member and a plurality of contacts. Each of the contacts is made of a single metal plate. Each of the contacts has a fixed portion, a regulated portion, a held portion, an extending portion, a contact portion and a coupling portion. The coupling portion is resiliently deformable. The movable housing is movable within a predetermined range in a plane perpendicular to an up-down direction by the resilient deformation of the coupling portion. The coupling portion has a first portion, a second portion and a bent portion. Each of the first portion and second portion has a principal surface. The principal surface of the first portion faces in a first direction. The principal surface of the second portion faces in a second direction. The first direction and the second direction are different from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Yusuke Obata, Takashi Tokunaga, Kiichi Hori, Kazuki Takikawa, Hiroaki Obikane
  • Patent number: 11545783
    Abstract: A connector lock structure includes: a lock arm extending from a front end to a rear end in a fitting direction and formed on a side wall of a connector housing; a pair of plate-shaped support walls provided at a rear portion of the side wall to protrude from the side wall and sandwiching a rear portion of the lock arm therebetween; a connecting portion that connects upper ends of the pair of plate-shaped support walls in a width direction to cross over the rear portion of the lock arm; and a lock operation space having a cut formed at a rear end of the connecting portion. A rear end of one of the pair of plate-shaped support walls is located closer to the front end of the lock arm than the rear end of the lock arm in the fitting direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kousuke Kida, Hiromasa Kubota
  • Patent number: 11545795
    Abstract: A connector includes: a cylindrical terminal to be electrically connected with a cylindrical counterpart terminal; an internal terminal located in the cylindrical terminal; and a housing holding the cylindrical terminal. The cylindrical terminal has a contact portion configured by bending a plate-shaped conductor into a cylindrical shape to contact one edge portion of the conductor with the other edge portion of the conductor. The one edge portion has a recessed shape at its circumferential end portion by reducing its thickness outwardly in a radial direction of the cylindrical terminal to configure one reduced thickness portion. The other edge portion has a recessed shape at its circumferential end portion by reducing its thickness inwardly in the radial direction to configure the other reduced thickness portion. The contact portion is configured by overlapping the one reduced thickness portion and the other reduced thickness portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignees: YAZAKI CORPORATION, TAKASAKI MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiro Maejima, Kouichirou Matsushita, Takuya Otake, Fujio Usui
  • Patent number: 11532906
    Abstract: A power delivery system for a hardware processor includes a motherboard (MB), a voltage regulator (VR), an elastomer computer socket, and a plurality of power delivery paths within the socket. The socket connects the MB to the processor and comprises a first set of power pins that is connected to the processor by surface mount elements, and a second set of power pins that is not connected to the processor by surface mount elements. The plurality of electrical power delivery paths deliver VR power from the second set of C power pins to the first set of power pins for power delivery to the processor. The alignment frame aligns the processor, the plurality of power pins, and the MB. The plurality of power paths alone may meet the power demands of the processor. If not, a power plane from the MB provides additional power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Yi Huang, Fernando Gonzalez Lenero, Liwei Zhao
  • Patent number: 11522308
    Abstract: A connector is mounted on an input-output board. The connector is interposed between the input-output board and a CPU board, and thereby a plurality of pads of the input-output board and a plurality of pads of the CPU board are respectively electrically connected. The connector includes a rectangular flat-plate housing having a first positioning hole and a second positioning hole, and at least one contact row held on the housing. The first positioning hole is formed at a first housing corner part of the housing. The second positioning hole is formed at a fourth housing corner part, which is at a diagonal position with respect to the first housing corner part, of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Ltd.
    Inventors: Junji Oosaka, Yuichi Takenaga, Akihiro Matsunaga
  • Patent number: 11515656
    Abstract: A circuit connection module include a board, an electronic component mounted on the board, and an electrically conductive member connected to the electronic component so as to be thermally conductive. The electronic component includes a heat dissipation portion exposed on an outer surface of the electronic component. The electrically conductive member includes a plate-shaped portion connected to the heat dissipation portion so as to be thermally conductive, and a terminal portion in which one end is connected to the plate-shaped portion so as to be thermally conductive and electrically conductive and the other end is in contact with a mating terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shohei Yamamoto