Patents Examined by Paul Baillargeon
  • Patent number: 9912097
    Abstract: A connector assembly that prevents damage to a cable is provided. The connector assembly includes an inserting aperture that is disposed on one side of a housing of an electronic power element and a female connector that is connected to an embedded cable disposed within the housing and detachably mounted in the inserting aperture. Further, a male connector connects the embedded cable to an external cable when coupled with the female connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventor: Seung-Geun Lee
  • Patent number: 9912089
    Abstract: An electrical connector is disclosed having a terminal housing, a female terminal, and a holding protrusion. The female terminal is positioned in the terminal housing and has a terminal body into which a complementary male terminal may be inserted and extracted. The holding protrusion projects from the terminal body in a direction orthogonal to inserting and extracting directions, and is press-fitted in the terminal receiving terminal housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignees: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tetsuro Akiguchi, Kazuhiko Ueda, Natsuki Nozawa, Hitoshi Ozaki, Masao Noguchi, Arata Harada
  • Patent number: 9912098
    Abstract: A connector (10) includes a housing (20) having a wire pull-out surface (27), and wires (500) are pulled out from the wire pull-out surface (27). The housing (20) also has an outer peripheral surface (28) arranged to intersect with the wire pull-out surface (27). A wire cover (60), including a cover main body (61), is mounted on the housing (20) and is arranged to cover the wire pull-out surface (27) of the housing (20) while having the wires (500) arranged inside. A fitting tube (63) is connected integrally to the cover main body (61). The fitting tube (63) covers the outer peripheral surface (28) of the housing (20) and is held in a state where rotation about an axis extending in a fitting direction of the fitting tube (63) is regulated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Takahiro Shibata
  • Patent number: 9912107
    Abstract: Plug assembly including a pluggable connector having a mating end and a trailing end and a central axis extending therebetween. The pluggable connector includes internal electronics that generate thermal energy within the pluggable connector. The mating end is configured to engage a data connector. The pluggable connector also includes a thermal interface region that is coupled to the pluggable connector. The thermal interface region includes a series of transfer plates that extend parallel to each other and to the central axis. The transfer plates define a series of plate-receiving slots extending parallel to the central axis. The thermal interface region transfers the thermal energy generated by the internal electronics through the transfer plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Alan Weir Bucher
  • Patent number: 9899761
    Abstract: A connector system is provided that includes an electrical connector having a housing, a connector position assurance (CPA) element, and an actuator. The housing defines a socket that receives a mating connector. The CPA element is slidable relative to the housing between a released position and a locked position. The actuator is mounted on the housing in operable engagement with the CPA element. The actuator is moved from a blocking position to a clearance position as the mating connector is loaded into the socket. The actuator in the blocking position mechanically blocks the CPA element from being moved between the released position and the locked position. The actuator in the clearance position allows the CPA element to be moved between the released position and the locked position. The actuator attains the clearance position responsive to the mating connector being fully loaded in the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Neil Franklin Schroll, John Wesley Hall, David James Lane
  • Patent number: 9888904
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a housing and a connector for a door using the same. The housing forming a skeleton of a connector for a door coupled with a counter connector which is mounted in a panel includes: a terminal seating space configured to be formed by penetrating through the housing back and forth and an electric wire seating space configured to communicate with the terminal seating space to be opened to a rear of the housing, and an electric wire guide cover configured to prevent the electric wire seating space from protruding backward so as to prevent a load from being applied to a grommet in which an electric wire is coupled with the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Korea Electric Terminal Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung Kwan Choo, Jong Soo Kim, Myung Hoon Kim
  • Patent number: 9893459
    Abstract: An electrical connector, for mounting to an electrical device which has a mating hole and a stepped portion located at a rear end of the mating hole to form a receiving space therebetween, includes: an insulative housing having a base portion and a tongue portion extending forwardly from the base portion; plural conductive contacts affixed to the insulative housing; a shielding plate affixed to the insulative housing; a shell attached to the insulative housing to form a mating room and adapted for assembling to the receiving space; and a sealer enclosing a front end of the shell and adapted for resisting against the stepped portion; wherein the tongue portion extends out of the mating room and stretches into the mating hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Jun Zhao, Cai-Yun Zhang
  • Patent number: 9882329
    Abstract: A rotating contactor for a motor vehicle steering column, including at least one flexible electrical connecting tape, means for winding/unwinding the flexible tape having a plurality of tracks, a cassette that can be mounted on the steering column, a stationary part, and a moving part that can be rotatably connected to the steering wheel of the vehicle, and defining, with the stationary part, a housing for the flexible tape and the tracks. The stationary part of the cassette has a viewing window, and one of the tracks is differentiated and has at least one portion designed to be arranged substantially across from the viewing window of the cassette when the rotating contactor is in the neutral position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: SC2N
    Inventors: Joel Legoubin, Patrick Noel
  • Patent number: 9882332
    Abstract: A connector assembly having a housing and a shaft; at least a groove in the housing or on the shaft; one of the housing and the shaft has a first component and a second component; there being at least a first groove configuration and a second groove configuration resulting from two different relative positions of the first and second components; the first and second groove configurations resulting in a first insertion force and a first removal force of the shaft into and from the housing and a second insertion force and a second removal force of the shaft into and from the housing, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Bal Seal Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeff Frederick, Derek Changsrivong, Pere Pla-Junca, Peter J. Balsells, Richard Dawson
  • Patent number: 9876310
    Abstract: A connector pair includes a connector and a mating connector. A movement of the connector to a first position along a first direction and a subsequent movement of the connector from the first position to a second position along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction completes a connection between the connector and the mating connector. The connector includes a magnetic portion, and the mating connector comprises a mating magnetic portion. When the connector is located at the first position, the magnetic portion receives a force, which urges the connector to be moved toward the second position, from the mating magnetic portion. When the connector is located at the second position, the magnetic portion receives a force, which binds the connector at the second position, from the mating magnetic portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited
    Inventor: Osamu Hashiguchi
  • Patent number: 9876319
    Abstract: A shield is described for minimizing leakage of electromagnetic waves from a connector/chassis interface. The shield includes a conductive strip sized to at least partially surround an aperture in a chassis, where the chassis receives a connector port assembly through the aperture. The conductive strip includes an outer portion affixed to an interior surface of the chassis, and an inner portion able to be manipulated to at least partially cover one or more gaps between the connector port assembly and the chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Huasheng Zhao, Zheng Yin, Hongmei Fan, Yingchun Shu, Jinghan Yu, Alpesh Bhobe
  • Patent number: 9876308
    Abstract: A connector part which is a female connector part for engagement with a male connector part having a pin. A connector body has a front portion with an opening for receiving a pin of a male connector part. A chamber inside the connector body is filled with dielectric liquid. A shuttle pin is configured to seal the opening in the front portion of the connector body when the connector part is in a de-mated state. The shuttle pin is moveable rearwardly into a rear portion of the connector body during mating. The first latching mechanism latches the shuttle pin to the pin of the male connector part during mating. A second latching mechanism in the rear portion of the connector body inside a fluid-filled chamber latches at least one of the shuttle pin or the pin towards the connector body in a mated state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Trevor Jones, Christopher Plant
  • Patent number: 9865946
    Abstract: A mounting structure includes a printed wiring board, a connector housing mounted on the printed wiring board, and a plurality of terminals retained by the connector housing. Tail surfaces of the plurality of terminals are respectively positioned opposite upper surfaces of a plurality of conductor patterns laid on the printed wiring board, and tails of the plurality of terminals are respectively soldered to the plurality of conductor patterns. The connector housing has a side surface provided with a plurality of grooves formed by partitions, and the tails of the plurality of terminals are respectively placed in the plurality of grooves, and a clearance is formed between a side surface of each tail of the plurality of terminals and a corresponding one of the partitions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazunori Miura
  • Patent number: 9859668
    Abstract: A one-way connection system with a female connection element having a female contact mounted at one end of a first electrical cable, and a male connection element having a male contact mounted at one end of a second electrical cable. The system further includes a central unitary module with a longitudinal through-hole configured to receive the male connecting element on a first surface and the female connecting element on a second surface so that the male contact of the male connection element is aligned with the female contact of the female connection element to make an electrical connection between the two connection elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: SOURIAU
    Inventors: Christophe Mel, Philippe Thierry, Yves Gazelot
  • Patent number: 9859651
    Abstract: A lever type connector preventing a lever from disengaging from a connector housing due to application of force and providing rigidity to withstand rotational operation of the lever without increasing size is provided. Provided are a lever including a lever having a pair of side plate portions rotatably supported on walls on both sides of a connector housing and an operation portion connecting the pair of side plate portions, a latch portion arranged on the operation portion, an arm portion extending from a rear end side of an upper wall of the connector housing and having a rearward-extending free end, and a latch receiving portion provided on the free end to latch onto the latch portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Etsurou Suzuki, Yasuharu Kondo
  • Patent number: 9847596
    Abstract: A wire connection part of a terminal fitting includes: a barrel piece which is caulked while covering a tip end of a wire, thereby being crimped to the wire; a serration part formed on an inner surface of the barrel piece and connected to a core of the wire; and a water stop part mounted on the inner surface of the barrel piece to close a gap with the wire. A projecting piece mounted anterior to the serration part to position a tip end of the core is mounted to the barrel piece. The tip end of the core is positioned by the projecting piece, whereby the positional deviation of the wire can be prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kei Sato
  • Patent number: 9847612
    Abstract: A connector that prevents damage to an electric circuit provided inside a connecting object is provided. Two shield cables constituting a wire harness, a cable-side connector accommodating a distal end of the shield cable, and a device-side connector secured to a unit case are included. The cable-side connector includes a conductive shield shell including a shell body and a shell cap member, and a female housing that is made of an insulating resin and accommodated in the shield shell to allow the shield cable to be inserted therein. The shell securing portion for securing together the shell body and the shell cap member is provided in a position to oppose in the fastening direction of the bolt the device-side securing portion that secures the device-side connector to the unit case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichi Okamoto, Toshiyuki Nagasawa
  • Patent number: 9843121
    Abstract: A communication outlet for use with a communication plug comprising a plurality of plug contacts. The outlet includes contact pads, contact members, and a biasing member. The contact members each have an electrically conductive portion attached to an electrically non-conductive portion. Each of the conductive portions forms an electrical connection with a different corresponding one of the contact pads. Each of the contact members is movable with respect to its corresponding contact pad. The contact members are movable with respect the plug contacts. The biasing member is attached to the non-conductive portion of each of the contact members and is configured to bias the conductive portion of each of the contact members toward a different corresponding one of the plug contacts when the plug is inserted into the outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: LEVITON MANUFACTURING CO., INC.
    Inventors: Bryan L. Sparrowhawk, Hua Wang
  • Patent number: 9843116
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes: a conductive terminal including: a connector-side connecting part; a substrate-side connecting part; and an L-shaped bent part therebetween; a housing including: a terminal-holding hole holding the conductive terminal between the connector-side connecting part and the bent part; and an opening capable of exposing the substrate-side connecting part. The opening is used for connecting a circuit substrate. An alignment member is attached toward the substrate-side connecting part of the conductive terminal so as to close the opening. The alignment member is engaged with the housing in a state where the substrate-side connecting part projects from a through hole for inserting the conductive terminal therein. The engaging unit preventing the substrate-side connecting part of the conductive terminal from moving to the bent part, is provided between the conductive terminal and the through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: DAI-ICHI SEIKO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takayoshi Endo, Yoshimitsu Hashimoto, Sakai Yagi, Takashi Morita, Shogo Jinnouchi
  • Patent number: 9835320
    Abstract: A power supply system for shelf track lighting device includes a track, and a jointer. The track includes a U-shaped slot, two grooves, and two conductive posts. The jointer includes a bottom cover, an upper cover, and two elastic chips. The upper cover includes a T-shaped supporting cover. The two elastic chips are sandwiched between the T-shaped supporting cover and the bottom cover. The elastic chip includes an arm, a supporting end, an arc-shaped bend portion, and three right-angle-shaped bend portion. The arc-shaped bend portion is near the arm and the arm holds out of the T-shaped supporting cover and abuts against the conductive post. The arm is retracted into the T-shaped supporting cover under the resilient deformation force of the three right-angle-shaped bend portions, thereby tightly connecting the elastic chip to the conductive post is achieved, and further, power can be supplied to the strip LED lamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Self Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chengke Zhang, Zhaoyong Zheng, Zhiming Wang