Patents Examined by Paul D Baillargeon
  • Patent number: 11824286
    Abstract: A rechargeable battery includes a battery core and a connection member. The connection member includes a guide plate and a first connecting plate integrally formed on the guide plate and connected to a tab of the battery core. The first connecting plate is disposed in a bendable manner relative to the guide plate, and at least one indentation is present between the first connecting plate and the guide plate. The tab extends from a side of a core body of the battery core in a width direction. At least a portion of the guide plate protrudes, relative to the first connecting plate, towards the core body of the battery core to form a protrusion, and the protrusion abuts against the battery core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Chengyou Xing, Yulian Zheng, Taosheng Zhu, Peng Wang, Zhijun Guo
  • Patent number: 11824285
    Abstract: A rechargeable battery includes a battery core, a connection member, and a gasket. The connection member includes a guide plate and a first connecting plate integrally formed on the guide plate and connected to a tab of the battery core. The first connecting plate is disposed in a bendable manner relative to the guide plate, and at least one indentation is present between the first connecting plate and the guide plate. The gasket is fastened to the first connecting plate and the tab. The tab is sandwiched between the first connecting plate and the gasket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Chengyou Xing, Yulian Zheng, Taosheng Zhu, Peng Wang, Zhijun Guo
  • Patent number: 11817661
    Abstract: A G9 lamp socket for a cooking appliance light, the G9 lamp socket including a socket body including an upper structure and a lower structure; a base receiver configured to receive a lamp base of a G9 lamp, the base receiver including an entry opening formed in the upper structure and extending along a longitudinal axis of the socket body into the lower structure; at least two socket contacts arranged opposite to one another wherein the base receiver is arranged between the at least two socket contacts; at least two connection contacts connected with the at least two socket contacts and configured to receive voltage from connection conductors; two contact cavities arranged in the lower structure of the socket body wherein a respective connection contact of the at least two connection contacts is arranged in each of the two contact cavities and accessible through a respective insertion opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: BJB GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Philipp Henrici, Olaf Baumeister, Robert Buhl
  • Patent number: 11817660
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to an apparatus for measuring a health condition and connectable to existing medical devices. In one embodiment, apparatus may include a cable apparatus. The cable apparatus may include a plurality of conductors enclosed within an exterior covering and may include a plurality of mating devices; the plurality of mating devices located along a length of the cable. Each mating device may be coupled to a conductor of the cable. Cable apparatus may further include a connector device, the connector device coupled to an end of the cable and configured to couple the cable apparatus with a recording/monitoring device by coupling with an existing set of leads associated with the recording/monitoring device. Connector device may allow quick attachment and detachment of the cable apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Inventor: Dariush Ghaffari
  • Patent number: 11817665
    Abstract: A grounding clamp uses a spring driving a piston mounted movable jaw as a safety lockout. The movable jaw and a fixed jaw, which may include teeth, form a conductor clamp. The ground clamp mounts on the end of a hot stick to provide for electrically insulated remote operation of the ground clamp by a lineman holding the hot stick and pulling on, or releasing, a lever arm on the hot stick. The system provides increased safety for the lineman as the spring providing the spring loading of the clamp has a high spring force to overcome, thus providing the lockout. The lever arm on the hot stick tool provides mechanical advantage to overcome the spring force and thus release the lockout. The lineman cannot usefully operate the ground clamp manually without the hot stick due to spring force lockout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Quanta Associates, L.P.
    Inventors: Daniel Neil O'Connell, Raymond Henry Jodoin, Benjamin James Harvey
  • Patent number: 11811155
    Abstract: A connection member includes a guide plate and a first connecting plate integrally formed on the guide plate. The first connecting plate is disposed in a bendable manner relative to the guide plate, and at least one indentation is present between the first connecting plate and the guide plate. A portion, of the guide plate except a part corresponding to the at least one indentation, connected to the first connecting plate becomes gradually thinner in a direction from the guide plate to the first connecting plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Chengyou Xing, Yulian Zheng, Taosheng Zhu, Peng Wang, Zhijun Guo
  • Patent number: 11811179
    Abstract: An electrode connection structure includes a first electrode unit that includes first electrodes formed concentrically, and a second electrode unit that includes a second electrode formed into a needle shape axially movable forward and rearward and is electrically connectable to the first electrode unit, and in the electrode connection structure, the second electrode unit includes a plurality of the second electrodes that is arranged in a circumferential direction and arranged at different radial positions, and the plurality of the second electrodes is electrically connected to the first electrodes arranged at different radial positions, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: KELK Ltd.
    Inventor: Tomonori Murata
  • Patent number: 11796160
    Abstract: A high-insulation integrated plastic lamp holder that does not require traditional American and European-standard copper lamp holders, comprising a high-insulation plastic body formed by injection molding. The top of the high-insulation plastic body is provided with a barrier, a first conductive component slot, and a second conductive component slot, and the barrier is located between the first conductive component slot and the second conductive component slot. The first conductive component slot and the second conductive component slot are inserted into positive and negative conductive sheets correspondingly, and the assembly of the lamp holder is simpler, which facilitates automatic production, thereby greatly improving the daily production capacity and insulation, and lowering the cost of production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: DONGGUAN MIRAY E-TECH CO., LTD
    Inventor: Jianwen Lei
  • Patent number: 11791598
    Abstract: A lamp socket for a cooking appliance light, the lamp socket including a socket body; a base receiver configured to receive a lamp base of a lamp and formed at a top side of the socket body; connection contacts for external connection conductors of a voltage supply, the connection contacts arranged at a bottom side of the socket body; an attachment ring configured to retain the lamp base in the base receiver; two retaining arms integrally formed at the attachment ring; two spring arms respectively arranged at the two retaining arms and forming a receiving gap for the lamp base between each other and respectively including a free spring arm end and a connected spring arm end respectively connected at each of the two retaining arms, wherein the two spring arms are arranged in the base receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: BJB GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Philipp Henrici, Olaf Baumeister, Mark Weber
  • Patent number: 11777260
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a charging socket lead frame assembly and a charging socket. The charging socket lead frame assembly has a lead frame which has a frame body and an electrical connection structure arranged in the frame body. The lead frame is adapted to be installed in a cavity of a charging socket, and a plurality of terminals of the charging socket are adapted to pass through the frame body. One end of the electrical connection structure is exposed from the frame body to electrically connect with a lead of a temperature sensor. The lead frame is arranged in non-electrical contact with at least one signal terminal of the charging socket. Therefore, the structure of the lead frame can be simplified and the manufacturing difficulty and cost can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignees: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Tyco Electronics (Suzhou) Ltd., Tyco Electronics Technology (SIP) Ltd.
    Inventors: Fangyue Zhu, Jinshun Wang, Renyi Dou, Kaixuan Jiang
  • Patent number: 11774078
    Abstract: An interconnected wire trough has a trough body extending in the length direction and a wire assembly installed in the trough body, characterized in that an interconnection mechanism for connecting to another interconnected wire trough is provided at one end of the trough body, and the wire assembly includes a wire extending along the length direction of the trough body and at least two connectors arranged on the wire. The wire trough has a simple structure and can be quickly assembled to form an interconnection power supply structure which can realize the rapid installation of space lighting and can realize seamless connection of lamps with different parameters, making the appearance more tidy and beautiful.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Self Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiaoyun Liu, Kai Xu, Zuping He, Guoqing Zeng
  • Patent number: 11764524
    Abstract: A terminal connector for attachment to a circuit board. The terminal connector comprises first and second terminals, each comprising a connection end for connection to respective contacts in the circuit board and a wire attachment formation for connecting a wire to the respective terminal. The terminal connector further comprises a ferrite core surrounding a section of both the first and second terminals between their terminal contacts and wire attachment formations. The ferrite core is directly connected to the terminals and is secured to the circuit board by the terminals when their connection ends are connected to the respective contacts in the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: TDK-LAMBDA UK LIMITED
    Inventor: Radoslav Solc
  • Patent number: 11749945
    Abstract: A connector includes a first housing, a second housing connectable to the first housing, and a lever rotatably supported on the first housing. The lever includes a lever lock portion for holding the first and second housings in a connected state. The first housing includes a first locking portion and the second housing has a second locking portion. The first and second locking portions, are arranged side by side with each other to constitute an integrated locking portion and arranged to be lockable to the lever lock portion with the first and second housings connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Kentaro Hirai
  • Patent number: 11749915
    Abstract: A grounding clamp includes a safety lock-out which locks the operation of the clamp in the absence of a cooperating hot-stick. The lock-out employs a clutch which prevents the translation of the clamping members relative to one another until the clutch is disengaged. The cooperating hot-stick is required for the disengagement of the clutch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Quanta Associates, L.P.
    Inventors: Phillip Howard Quaedvlieg, David Karl Wabnegger, Janos Csaba Toth, Daniel Neil O'Connell
  • Patent number: 11749912
    Abstract: A terminal-equipped electric wire includes an electric wire in which a core wire including a plurality of strands is covered with a covering, and a terminal fitting attached to the electric wire. The terminal fitting includes a core wire connection body physically and electrically connected to the core wire. The core wire connection body has a bottom, a pair of cantilever side walls erected from the bottom and arranged facing each other with a space therebetween, and at least one set of paired pressure contact bodies arranged facing each other with a space therebetween between the pair of side walls so as to come into pressure contact with the strands in an outermost layer of the core wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Naoki Ito
  • Patent number: 11728605
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a rotary electrical connection assembly. The rotary electrical connection assembly includes: a fixed part disposed fixedly and a rotating part disposed rotatably relative to the fixed part. The rotating part is provided with at least two rotary contacts. In the rotary electrical connection assembly provided in the present invention, provided that more groups of the rotary contacts and the fixed contacts are disposed, at least some of the contacts may be disposed at different radial positions corresponding to the same axial position without additionally occupying an axial dimension space, and therefore the increase of an axial dimension of a device may be avoided, and miniaturization of the device is facilitated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: SHENZHEN FENDA TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yong Xiao, Mianjia Wei
  • Patent number: 11721955
    Abstract: An electrical distribution block includes a first base, a second base, and a spacer plate discrete from the first and second base. The spacer plate is positioned between first base and the second base and secures the first base to the second base. A conductor block is connected to at least one of the first base or the second base. The conductor block includes a primary tap and a secondary tap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Troy Reynolds, Richard Robicheau
  • Patent number: 11710935
    Abstract: A power connector system includes a busbar having a conductive plate. The conductive plate has first side and a second side. The conductive plate has a thickness profile between the first side and the second side. The conductive plate has a busbar opening therethrough between the first side and the second side. The power connector system includes a busbar connector received in the busbar opening of the conductive plate. The busbar connector includes a busbar housing and a busbar contact received in a socket of the busbar housing. The busbar housing is electrically conductive and electrically connected to the conductive plate in the busbar opening. The busbar contact is electrically conductive and electrically connected to the busbar housing in the socket. The busbar contact has a mating interface configured to mechanically and electrically connect to an electrical component plugged into the socket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GmbH
    Inventors: Jeffery Walter Mason, William Charles McGee, III
  • Patent number: 11710921
    Abstract: The connector includes: an axial member that is a cylindrical conductor; a central contact disposed inside along a central axis of the axial member; an insulating member interposed between the axial member and the central contact and which holds the central contact; a first flange and a second flange provided on an outer peripheral surface of the axial member; and a metal spring provided along an outer peripheral surface of the axial member. The metal spring includes: a C-shaped metal spring body; curved parts; elastic pieces that extend from the curved parts so as to face an outer peripheral surface of the metal spring body; inner protrusions provided on an inner peripheral surface of the metal spring body so as to protrude inside the metal spring body; and outer protrusions provided on outer peripheral surfaces of the elastic pieces so as to protrude outside the elastic pieces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: SMK Corporation
    Inventors: Hirotaka Tsuchiya, Fumio Osawa, Tadahito Sasaki
  • Patent number: 11699876
    Abstract: A connector 10 includes a connector body 20 and a lever 50. The connector body 20 includes a guide portion 30. The lever 50 includes a guide receiving portion 60. The lever 50 is rotatable about a rotary shaft 54 with respect to the connector body 20 to a guide start position where guide by the guide portion 30 is started and a guide end position where the guide by the guide portion 30 is ended. At least one of the guide portion 30 and the guide receiving portion 60 arcuately extends with the rotary shaft 54 as a center. The guide receiving portion 60 contacts the guide portion 30 with a larger contact pressure when the lever 50 is at the guide end position than when the lever 50 is at the guide start position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Junya Matsuura