Patents Examined by Oscar C Jimenez
  • Patent number: 11969011
    Abstract: A cigarette includes a tobacco rod, a front end plug positioned at a front end of the tobacco rod, a filter rod positioned at a rear end of the tobacco rod, and a wrapper surrounding the tobacco rod, the front end plug, and the filter rod and including at least one perforation formed in an area of the wrapper to allow air to flow to the inside of the wrapper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jung Seop Hwang, Dong Kyun Ko, Jae Sung Noh, Bong Su Cheong, Sang Won Choi
  • Patent number: 11967796
    Abstract: To realize a hermetic connector structure with a high product yield at a low cost, which prevents leakage certainly. A hole is formed in a partition in an insulating connector base portion, and a conductive portion is adhered to the surface of the partition and formed as an integrated member covering the hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: SENIN TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ryo Itoh
  • Patent number: 11963550
    Abstract: A inhaler includes a piezoelectric element substrate having an IDT constructed by use of a pair of interlocking comb-shaped metallic electrodes, a liquid supplier for supplying liquid, which is to be atomized, to a front surface of the piezoelectric element substrate on which the pair of interlocking comb-shaped metallic electrodes is positioned, a sensor, which includes at least a pair of detection parts which are opposite to each other, for detecting liquid supplied to the front surface of the piezoelectric element substrate, and a controller for controlling, based on result of detection by the sensor, the liquid supplier in such a manner that the liquid supplier supplies a certain quantity of the liquid to the front surface of the piezoelectric element substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventors: Yuki Minami, Takahisa Kudo, Michihiro Inagaki, Jumpei Inoue, Yuki Abe, Adam Geernaert, Franck Rubiconi, Simon Cox, Rishi Jobanputra
  • Patent number: 11957166
    Abstract: A cartridge for an aerosol generating device is provided, which includes a storage configured to store an aerosol generating material; a heating element configured to generate aerosol by heating the aerosol generating material; an aerosol discharge passage configured to discharge the aerosol in one direction; and a cap coupled to one end of the storage to seal the storage; and a droplet accommodation portion formed in the cap and located on an extension line of the aerosol discharge passage to accommodate droplets formed from the aerosol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jong Sub Lee, Kyung Moon Ji
  • Patent number: 11962110
    Abstract: A housing assembly for an electrical connector includes a base element having an opening, a cover for covering the opening, and a locking mechanism. The locking mechanism has a slidable member movable into a locking position in which the locking mechanism locks the cover relative to the base element. The locking mechanism has a transmission element for transmitting force and movement onto the locking mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Italia Distribution S.r.l.
    Inventors: Demis Spincich, Alessandro Genta, Stanislas Di Maggio
  • Patent number: 11955260
    Abstract: An electrical assembly comprising an electrical connector assembly that may include: a utility device comprising a plurality of pins; a socket attached to a cord, the socket comprising a plurality of receptacles to receive the plurality of pins; and one or more metal-oxide varistors (MOVs) disposed inside the socket, where the one or more MOVs are electrically connected to the plurality of pins when the plurality of pins are received by the plurality of receptacles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: WEBASTO CHARGING SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Herman Joseph Steinbuchel, IV, Peter Gabrielsson, Manuel Miranda, Michael Vail
  • Patent number: 11955741
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a buckle connector connecting a main board and a sub-board. The buckle connector includes a first connecting portion and a second connecting portion. The first connecting portion mainly provides a first coupling member and the second connecting portion mainly provides a second coupling member. The first connecting portion and the second connecting portion are disposed on the same plane by coupling the first coupling member and the second coupling member when the first connecting portion moves to the second connecting portion in one direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: P-TWO INDUSTRIES INC.
    Inventors: Shien-Chang Lin, Chun-Wei Chang
  • Patent number: 11955754
    Abstract: In examples of the disclosure, a device may be couple an electrical load to a power source. The device may have a first coupling configured to couple to the power source and a second coupling configured to couple to the electrical load. The device may have a plurality of strands electrically disposed between the first coupling and the second coupling. Each of the plurality of strands may have a coating having a resistivity greater than 1.8×10?8 ?-m and less than 1 ?-m and a center conductor wrapped, at least in part, by the coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce Corporation
    Inventor: David Loder
  • Patent number: 11955760
    Abstract: A terminal block includes a housing including a connection surface to which an electromagnetic relay is connectable. The housing includes at least one attachment groove that opens to the connection surface and extends toward inside of the housing. The at least one attachment groove includes a first groove portion and a second groove portion are disposed adjacent to and communicating with each other. The first groove portion includes a first narrow width portion disposed near the connection surface, a wide width portion disposed farther from the connection surface than the first narrow width portion, and a step portion at a boundary of the first narrow width portion and the wide width portion, the step portion being capable of restricting a movement of the holding member in a removal direction. The second groove portion is configured to be capable of accommodating the claw portion without elastically deforming.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinya Tsuji, Kenichiro Masaki
  • Patent number: 11938876
    Abstract: An electrical unit and method of assembly that includes a base housing having a plurality of sides and an opening in one of the sides configured to receive a wire therethrough, and a cover configured to mate with the base housing, defining an internal chamber therebetween. A power distribution box is disposed within the internal chamber, at least one electrical connector is disposed at least partially within the internal chamber, operatively engaging the power distribution box, and extending through the opening, and a universal sealing plate that is selectively mountable on each side of the power distribution box and mounted to align with and seal against sides of the opening and at least a portion of the electric connector extending through the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Lear Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher J. Darr, Peter Kowtun
  • Patent number: 11936145
    Abstract: A controlled impedance compressible electrical connector having a housing with at least one terminal receiving cavity which extends from a first surface of the housing to a second surface of the housing. A terminal assembly is positioned in each of the at least one terminal receiving cavities of the housing. The terminal assembly has a first fixed center terminal, a second movable center terminal, a fixed outer shell, a movable outer shell, and a resilient member. The terminal assembly is configured to allow impedance of the electrical connector to be maintained as the second movable center terminal and the movable outer shell are moved relative to the first fixed center terminal, the fixed outer shell and the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH
    Inventors: Francis John Blasick, Denver Harley Wilson, Keith Edwin Miller
  • Patent number: 11936130
    Abstract: An outlet module including a module housing comprising a base surface and a sidewall extending therefrom to at least partially surround an interior region. Multiple outlet cores extend from the base surface and at least one latch lever is pivotably coupled to the sidewall and adjacent a corresponding one of the multiple outlet cores. The latch lever is moveable between a first position, wherein the at least one latch lever is capable of engaging a mating plug and a second position, wherein the at least one latch lever is disengaged from the plug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Server Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Ramsey, Dominic Barker
  • Patent number: 11936138
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a first main body, a first electrical connector, and an insert member. The first main body has an insertion end and one or more holes located at the insertion end. The first electrical connector is disposed at the insertion end. The insert member is coupled to the first main body through the one or more holes and includes a plurality of ribs and a plurality of removed portions. Each of the ribs extends away from the insertion end. The ribs and the removed portions are sequentially and linearly arranged according to a coding pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventor: Cheng-Chun Lin
  • Patent number: 11929576
    Abstract: A board end connector and a connector assembly. The board end connector comprises a board end insulating body, a terminal module, and a housing. The board end insulating body comprises a board end plugging surface and a plugging slot. The plugging slot is disposed on the board end plugging surface and comprises two interference sidewalls which are oppositely disposed. The terminal module is disposed in the board end insulating body. The housing is disposed on one side of the board end insulating body. A plugging bump member is provided on one side of the housing. The plugging bump member is disposed in the plugging slot. An interfering bump is provided on at least one side of the plugging bump member. The interfering bump interferes with at least one of the two interference sidewalls to increase the holding force between the housing and the board end insulating body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: DONGGUAN LUXSHARE TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD
    Inventors: ShengYu Wu, RongZhe Guo, XueHai Shen, YiHeng Lin, HongJi Chen
  • Patent number: 11923650
    Abstract: A cable connection part structure includes a power control unit, a unit-side connector and a cable-side connector. The unit-side connector is connected to a power supply passage of an electric power control device and has a first connection terminal directed to a space below a unit case. The cable-side connector is connected to a power supply cable and has a second connection terminal connected to a first connection terminal from below the unit case. The cable-side connector has a connector case, and a bolt fixed to a connector case and having a shaft section passing upward through a part of the unit case from below. A nut is fastened to the shaft section of the bolt passing through the unit case from above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takahiro Uneme
  • Patent number: 11916332
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes: an insulative housing having an island and a receiving channel; plural contacts secured to the insulative housing and exposed to the receiving channel; and a pair of holding members secured to two opposite ends of the insulative housing and exposed to the receiving channel, each holding member having a first part and a second and third parts at two opposite ends of the first part, wherein the second part of each holding member has a bottom plate, a reinforcing tab extending upwardly from the bottom plate, and a resilient arm extending upwardly from the bottom plate and located proximal to associated third part than the reinforcing tab.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignees: FOXCONN (KUNSHAN) COMPUTER CONNECTOR CO., LTD., FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventor: Ming-Ching Chen
  • Patent number: 11909135
    Abstract: The present invention provides a USB plug with fixing structure for convenient installation, and tends to provide a USB plug with better integrity, simple structure and practicability, the key point of the technical solution of the present invention is that a USB plug body includes an upper housing, a lower housing and circuit boards disposed in the upper housing and the lower housing, the USB plug further includes a plug portion including an extending plate integrally connected with the lower housing, a contact pad structure integrally connected with the circuit board and abutting the extending plate, and a metal housing sleeved outside the extending plate and the contact pad structure, and the present invention is applied to the technical field of USB plugs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: TAIZHOU XIANGCHENG OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Huan Liang
  • Patent number: 11901584
    Abstract: A terminal connection structure of a battery is disclosed. A terminal connection structure of the battery is for electrically connecting positive and negative terminals of battery modules of a first row and battery modules of a second row that is adjacent to the first row in a plurality of rows where battery modules are arranged. The terminal connection structure of the battery may include: a first bus bar module electrically connecting the positive and negative terminals in the first row of battery modules; and a second bus bar module configured to electrically connected to the positive and negative terminals in the battery modules of the second row, stacked vertically on the first bus bar module, to be electrically connected to the first bus bar module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: SUNGWOO HITECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae Hee Kim, Sung Man Sohn
  • Patent number: 11901689
    Abstract: A receptacle device includes a first cooperating assembly configured to receive a first accessory having a plurality of first sized cooperating elements and a second cooperating assembly configured to receive a second accessory having a plurality of second sized cooperating elements. The first cooperating assembly has a pair of protrusions of a first type that are symmetrical with regard to a first central plane and that extend toward each other transversally to the first central plane. The second cooperating assembly has a pair of protrusions of a second type that are symmetrical with regard to a second central plane and that extend opposite to each other transversally to the second central plane. The first central plane is parallel to the second central plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics France SAS
    Inventors: Philippe Fontaine, Francois Fayard
  • Patent number: 11901663
    Abstract: An electrical connector with improved high frequency performance. The connector has conductive elements, forming both signal and ground conductors, that have multiple points of contact distributed along an elongated dimension. The ground conductors may be formed with multiple beams of different length. The signal conductors may be formed with multiple contact regions on a single beam, with different characteristics. Signal conductors may have beams that are jogged to provide both a desired impedance and mating contact pitch. Additionally, electromagnetic radiation, inside and/or outside the connector, may be shaped with an insert electrically connecting multiple ground structures and/or a contact feature coupling ground conductors to a stiffener. The conductive elements in different columns may be shaped differently to reduce crosstalk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Amphenol Corporation
    Inventor: Thomas S. Cohen