Patents Examined by Oscar Jimenez
  • Patent number: 10050363
    Abstract: A connector for electrically coupling an information handling resource to a backplane, may include a lead frame comprising a plurality of electrically-conductive traces configured to be electrically coupled to the backplane and a receptacle having a plurality of electrically-conductive pins each electrically coupled to a corresponding one of the plurality of electrically-conductive traces of the lead frame, configured to mechanically and electrically couple the respective modular information handling resource to the receptacle, and structurally oriented relative to the electrically-conductive traces of the lead frame and the backplane such that insertion and removal of the respective modular information handling resource to or from the receptacle is caused by applying force to the respective modular information handling resource in a direction substantially parallel to a surface of the backplane having a surface area substantially larger than that of at least all but one of other surfaces of the backplane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Kevin W. Mundt, Haesung Kwon
  • Patent number: 10033129
    Abstract: It is aimed to make connectors accommodating wires conductive to each other without using terminals. Connectors each including wires (2) formed with core exposed portions (2B) by removing parts of coatings (2A) and a connector housing (1) for accommodating the wires (2) while exposing the core exposed portions (2B) in an opening (4) are stacked with the openings (4) facing each other. An operation hole (5) is formed on a side opposite to the opening (4) in the both connector housings (1). Electrodes (9) of a welding machine are inserted through the both operation holes (5) and the core exposed portions (2B) corresponding in a stacking direction are welded to each other. In this way, the wires (2) can be directly connected between the both connectors without using terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMIOTOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hajime Matsui, Masaaki Tabata, Yasuo Omori
  • Patent number: 10027056
    Abstract: According to an example embodiment, an electrical connector may include a plug connected to a cord. The cord may be connected to a back of the plug. A width of the plug may narrow from the back of the plug to a front of the plug. The cord may be connected to the back of the plug. The cord may include at least one electrical wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventor: Randall R. Spangler
  • Patent number: 10027063
    Abstract: A composite connector, including: a first insulating body and a second insulating body, respectively having a first tongue plate and a second tongue plate arranged at the front ends thereof; multiple terminals respectively fixed on the first and second insulating bodies and exposed from surfaces of the first and second tongue plates; a first shielding sheet and a second shielding sheet which are integrally formed, fixed in the first and second tongue plates respectively and are positioned on one side of the terminals; and a metal shell forming a first insertion opening and a second insertion opening around the first and second tongue plates respectively. The first insertion opening is configured for insertion of a first docking connector. The second insertion opening is configured for insertion of a second docking connector. A combination of the first and second insertion openings are configured for insertion of a third docking connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: LOTES CO., LTD
    Inventor: Jian Min Peng
  • Patent number: 10027047
    Abstract: An electrical contact device having a housing with a square or rectangular hole formed within first and second crossing channels that extends laterally from the hole. A conductive first contact element fits into the hole, while a second contact element fits onto the top opening of the first contact element. The primary and secondary contact elements have flange protrusions that overlap. In addition, the second contact element has a tail with an oblique surface facing the top of a compliant uniform rod and the proximate primary or secondary protrusion of the first contact element. A compliant rod is positioned between the first contact element's primary and secondary protrusions, such that when the first contact element is positioned over a fixed surface and the second contact element is pushed downward when an inward force is applied, the second contact element's external contact surface slides laterally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Inventor: Jose E. Lopez
  • Patent number: 10027079
    Abstract: The present application relates to the field of electric vehicle connector, particularly to a new connector applied to USF cards and Micro SD cards. The connector comprises an end component, a frame and an outer shell. The end component is provided in the frame covered with the outer shell; UFS cards or Micro SD cards can be inserted into the frame and connected with the end component; the end component includes nineteen ends, i.e., Pin 1 to Pin 19; the ends of the inserted UFS card or Micro SD card can be connected with respective ends of the end component; the UFS card includes twelve ends(i.e., u1 to u12); the Micro SD card includes eight ends(i.e., m1 to m8).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Amphenol Shouh Min Industry (Shen Zhen) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Weiwei Lu, Zhimin Qin, Zefeng Lai
  • Patent number: 10020616
    Abstract: A locking electrical outlet has a housing with a channel and an outlet latch within, a slider configured to move axially within the channel, a memory block, a locking plate with an opening, and a spring configured to bias the locking plate towards a first angle. The slider is configured move axially rearward relative to the housing by the insertion of the plug. The rearward movement of the slider reduces the angle of the locking plate such that a blade of the plug can move through the opening of the locking plate. The memory block is partially compressed by the slider such that it the slider engages the outlet latch of the housing, temporarily holding the locking plate at the reduced angle until the expansion of the memory block disengages the slider from the outlet latch and allows the spring to return locking plate towards the first angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: Panduit Corp.
    Inventors: Scott R. Hartman, Shaun P. Brouwer, Surendra Chitti Babu, Masud Bolouri-Saransar
  • Patent number: 10020613
    Abstract: A power terminal includes a terminal beam having a mating surface. A protective thermal coupler bridge is positioned adjacent the terminal beam having a bridge conductor, an insulating substrate and a bridge pad. The bridge pad has a mating surface. A variable resistive member is electrically coupled between the terminal beam and the bridge conductor to provide a shunt so that arcing does not occur when the power terminal is disconnected from the mating power terminal. The mating surface of the terminal beam is separable before the mating surface of the bridge pad is disconnected so that the resistance in the variable resistive member increases after disconnection of the main power terminal from the mating power terminal and prior to disconnection of the bridge pad from the mating power terminal to shunt the current through the bridge conductor and the variable resistive member during unmating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Zachary Wood Lyon, Jeremy Christian Patterson, Abraham Louis Shocket
  • Patent number: 10014594
    Abstract: Disclosed are a terminal block assembly (10) and its wiring wrench (2). The wiring wrench (2) includes a press rod (21) and a handle (22), and the press rod (21) has a pressing protruding arm (211) on a side and a stop portion (212) on the other side, and the handle (22) and the press rod (21) are connected by a pivoting structure (23), and the handle (22) has a clamping protruding arm (221) on a side and an elastic arm (222) on the other side, and the clamping protruding arm (221) and the pressing protruding arm (211) are configured to be opposite to each other, and the elastic arm (222) may selectively abut at the stop portion (212). Therefore, the wiring wrench (2) can be latched securely with the terminal block (1) to provide the effect of latching the terminal block (1) conveniently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignees: DINKLE ENTERPRISE CO., LTD., DINKLE ELECTRIC MACHINERY (CHINA) CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shang-Tsai Wu
  • Patent number: 10014602
    Abstract: An adapter for mounting electric units to be wired to an electric system comprises a hollow anchoring body (10) having an upper portion (17) with a hole (12) for the passage of a driving control (6), a lower portion (16) removably coupled with the upper portion (17), a pair of reciprocally opposite side faces (15) at least partially open to allow the wires to access to electric units (2) housed into the anchoring body (10), means (14) for removably mounting the anchoring body (10) to a support (R), first holding means (27) adapted to removably fix the electric unit (2) to the bottom wall (13) of the lower portion (16). The first holding means (27) comprise at least one first and one second recesses (29) formed in the bottom wall (13) at respective open side faces (15) to house and snap-hold the electric unit (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: PIZZATO ELETTRICA S.R.L.
    Inventors: Marco Pizzato, Simone Zonta
  • Patent number: 10003153
    Abstract: A connector module including a connector and a heatsink is provided. The connector includes a shaft. The heatsink includes a groove recessed in a single direction. The heatsink is adapted to move along a direction opposite to the recessed direction of the groove to insert the shaft into the groove. The shaft is pivoted in the groove so that the heatsink is adapted to pivotally rotate relative to the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: GIGA-BYTE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chih-Ming Lai, Yung-Shun Kao, Chung-Wei Chiang
  • Patent number: 9997871
    Abstract: A first terminal module and a second terminal module are integrally assembled with the base, and each of the first terminal module and the second terminal module includes the insulator and the corresponding terminals embedded therein. The first terminal module and the second terminal module are stacked with each other with a metallic shielding plate therebetween. The shielding plate includes front spring fingers and rear spring fingers respectively mechanically and electrically connected with the contacting sections and connecting sections of the respective grounding terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Wei Zhong, Jian-Kuang Zhu
  • Patent number: 9997848
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a connection element for connection of an electrical connector (17) with a cable (15) connected on the connection element (10), wherein the connection element (10) has a mechanism (21) which is configured to secure the connection element (10) in a predetermined position on the electrical connector (17), and wherein the connection element (10) has on a contact region between the connection element (10) the electrical connector (17) that is generated after the connection of the electrical connector (17) with the cable (15) at least one layer made of a sealing material, which is configured to seal a region of the connecting element (10) on the electrical connector (17) in a liquid tight manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventors: Roland Wegscheider, Daniel Wurm
  • Patent number: 9997876
    Abstract: Accessories for an electronic device are sealed and include a connector having a deformable seal positioned on it such that when the connector is mated to the electronic device a liquid-tight seal is formed between the accessory and the electronic device. The accessories have functions that are useful in moist, wet and/or dirty environments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Darshan R. Kasar, Joel C. Yamasaki, Phillip Qian
  • Patent number: 9979106
    Abstract: A field device connection unit has a main body, on which a plurality of connection elements for connection of connecting lines to field devices and a plurality of slots each intended for receiving a respective plug-in unit are arranged. The plug-in unit has a first group of field-side plug contact devices which are connected by the connection elements for connection of connecting lines to field devices, and a second group of system-side plug contact devices which are connected to a higher-level arrangement. For testing of the field device connection unit when the field wiring is disconnected, the plug-in units have a resilient latching cam, which latches switchably in a recess in the main body, the contacts of the second group of system-side plug contact devices being closed and the contacts of the first group of field-side plug contact devices being opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Rolf Eriksson, Erik Hammarstrand, Owe Rask
  • Patent number: 9963897
    Abstract: The invention relates to a power lead for a swimming pool cleaning robot. Said power lead comprises a rotary connector and a buoyancy means supporting said rotary connector. An upper part of said buoyancy means is a cap shaped to slide under a swimming pool cover, under the effect of a traction exerted by the swimming pool cleaning robot on the buoyancy means through the power lead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: ZODIAC POOL CARE EUROPE
    Inventors: Louis Favie, Remi Deloche
  • Patent number: 9966710
    Abstract: An electrical plug connector includes an insulated housing, first terminals, second terminals, a shielding plate, and two side arms. The insulated housing includes first and second assembling surfaces, an insertion cavity, and an insertion opening. The first and the assembling surfaces respectively include first and second hot-melt regions. The insertion cavity is extending from the end of the insulated housing opposite to the insertion opening toward an interior of the insulated housing. The insertion cavity is between the first and the second assembling surfaces. A portion of each of the first terminals and a portion of each of the second terminals are respectively in the first and the second hot-melt regions. The shielding plate is in the insertion cavity and fixed with the insulated housing. The side arms are respectively connected to two ends of the shielding plate and on two sides of the insertion cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: ADVANCED-CONNECTEK INC.
    Inventors: Ching-Tien Chen, Shu-Lin Duan, Wei Wan, Xiao-Juan Qi
  • Patent number: 9966702
    Abstract: A 4.3/10 coaxial connector configured to receive a mating 4.3/10 connector includes: an inner contact; a dielectric spacer; and an outer contact, the dielectric spacer separating the inner contact and the outer contact. The outer contact includes an outer wall and a plurality of spring fingers, the spring fingers configured to deflect radially inwardly when the mating 4.3/10 connector is mated. The connector further comprises blocking structure that prevents mating of a Mini-Din connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Kendrick Van Swearingen, David J. Smentek, Ronald A. Vaccaro
  • Patent number: 9954297
    Abstract: A terminal fitting having a smaller terminal insertion force than before. The terminal fitting includes a backing material made of a metal material and a plating coating covering a surface of the backing material. The plating coating contains a Sn parent phase and Sn—Pd based particles dispersed in the Sn parent phase and includes an outermost layer having an outer surface in which the Sn parent phase and the Sn—Pd based particles are present. Further, the number of the Sn—Pd based particles present in the outer surface of the plating coating in a state where only the Sn parent phase is removed is 10 to 400 Sn—Pd based particles per 500 ?m2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hajime Watanabe, Yoshifumi Saka, Shigeru Sawada
  • Patent number: 9954315
    Abstract: A grounding link for use with an elbow-type power cable electrical connector. The grounding link includes a bushing interface portion, a cap receiving portion, and a tap portion, wherein the grounding link further includes a grounding element extending between the bushing interface portion and a cap receiving portion, and wherein the bushing interface portion of the grounding link is configured for insertion into a bore in elbow-type power cable electrical connector. The grounding element includes an exposed portion projecting above a surface of the grounding link, wherein the exposed portion of the grounding element is configured for attachment by a grounded hot line clamp to ground the electrical connector assembly. The tap portion is configured for receipt of a second elbow connector to conductively couple the second elbow connector to the elbow-type power cable electrical connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Thomas & Betts International LLC
    Inventors: Larry N. Siebens, Alan D. Borgstrom