Patents Examined by Paul D Baillargeon
  • Patent number: 11588212
    Abstract: Disclosed are a connection assembly for a battery module and a battery module. The connection assembly for a battery module has a housing, a first cover plate and a second cover plate, wherein the housing has a body and a protrusion extending continuously from the body; the first cover plate covers the body; the second cover plate is arranged to be integrated with the first cover plate; the second cover plate is configured to be movable relative to the first cover plate so as to be switched between a closed position and an open position; in the closed position, the second cover plate covers the protrusion; and in the open position, the second cover plate is detached from the protrusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignees: SANYO ELECTRICS CO., LTD., TYCO ELECTRONICS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD., TYCO ELECTRONICS JAPAN G.K.
    Inventors: Haifeng Liu, Litao Dong, Mitsuo Akiyama, Ziwei Li, Sadamichi Suso
  • Patent number: 11581615
    Abstract: This application provides embodiments including a connection member and a rechargeable battery. The connection member includes a guide plate and a first connecting plate integrally formed on the guide plate, where 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. In the embodiments, a bending position is more accurate when the first connecting plate is bent relative to the guide plate. This is conducive to an accurate size of the connection member being bent, and is also helpful for the rechargeable battery to successfully assemble a battery core, the connection member, and a housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Chengyou Xing, Yulian Zheng, Taosheng Zhu, Peng Wang, Zhijun Guo
  • Patent number: 11575224
    Abstract: A terminal module (10) has a metal case (20) with a ceiling wall (21), a bottom wall (51) facing the ceiling wall (21), opposed side walls (23) extending from the ceiling wall (21) toward the bottom wall (51) and retaining pieces (24). A coil spring (40) is sandwiched between the ceiling wall (21) and the bottom wall (51). The retaining pieces (24) face each other in a direction perpendicular to a facing direction of the side walls (23) and project toward the bottom wall (51) from the periphery of the ceiling wall (21). The side walls (23) and the retaining pieces (24) are disposed alternately on the periphery of the ceiling wall (21). A spring receiving portion (26) formed by the ceiling wall (21), the side walls (23) and the retaining pieces (24) receives an end part of the coil spring (40) on the side of the ceiling wall (21).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventor: Seido Nishijima
  • Patent number: 11575221
    Abstract: Junction box for connecting a multi-wire flat cable to several terminals of a connection. The junction box comprises a support surface for a multi-wire flat cable to be contacted, and several contact blades for contacting the cable on one side without stripping the insulation. In addition, the junction box comprises several terminals, and several terminal rails adjoining the terminals, wherein each terminal rail has at least one hole, wherein a contact pin is inserted through a respective hole in a terminal rail. In each case, a contact pin is provided for a wire-to-terminal contact. The assignment of contact pins to the holes in the terminal rails defines which wire of the flat cable is connected to which terminal. An electrical contact is established between contact blades and terminal rails via one or more contact pins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Woertz AG
    Inventor: Tamas Onodi
  • Patent number: 11575225
    Abstract: A connector comprises a pair of terminals for clamping and electrically connecting to a first conductive member. A first terminal includes a plurality of first elastic arms arranged in a row, with each first elastic arm having a first contact and a third contact formed thereon. The second terminal is laminated on an outer side of the first terminal and includes a plurality of second elastic arms arranged in a row. Each second elastic arm includes a second contact formed thereon. Each second contact protrudes to an inner side of the first elastic arms from a gap between two adjacent first elastic arms. The plurality of second elastic arms respectively abut against the outer sides of the plurality of first elastic arms. The first contact, the second contact and the third contact are adapted to be in electrical contact with the inserted first conductive member simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Jiaoyong (Mac) Liu, Jie (Roger) Luo, Guangming (Suny) Zhao
  • Patent number: 11569603
    Abstract: An electrical contact for mating with a mating contact includes an aluminum body extending along a longitudinal axis and formed of an aluminum or an aluminum alloy, a contact zone disposed on a surface of the aluminum body and adapted to be electrically connected to a mating contact, and a contact spring connected to the aluminum body and having a contact region contacting the mating contact. The aluminum body has a connecting portion adapted to be connected to an aluminum conductor. The contact zone is formed from a material that is more creep-resistant than the aluminum body. The contact spring at least partially rests on the contact zone and is formed from a material that is harder than the aluminum body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Volker Seipel, Waldemar Stabroth
  • Patent number: 11564686
    Abstract: A slip ring assembly is used with a surgical shaft assembly. The slip ring assembly includes a slip ring, a first conductor mounted on the slip ring, a commutator rotatable relative to the slip ring, and a second conductor mounted on the commutator. The slip ring assembly further includes a flexible member disposed between the slip ring and the commutator. The flexible member comprises a body and flexible protrusions extending from the body, wherein the flexible protrusions are elastically deformed against the first slip ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Cilag GmbH International
    Inventors: David C. Yates, Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Jason L. Harris
  • Patent number: 11552371
    Abstract: Provided is a battery module that prevents a new current path that may be formed due to molten metal resulting from a molten and cut fuse, and has better safety than conventional battery modules. A battery module includes: module terminals; a battery cell group including a plurality of battery cells; and a plurality of bus bars connecting the plurality of battery cells of this battery cell group and connecting this battery cell group with the module terminals. At least one of the plurality of bus bars has a fuse. The battery module has a space that is located below the fuse and that allows the molten fuse to fall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: VEHICLE ENERGY JAPAN INC.
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Watahiki, Takayuki Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11545799
    Abstract: A video splitter includes a housing. The housing has a seat shell and a cover shell. A pair of main signal ports is provided in the seat shell. At least part of the main signal ports is out of contact with the seat shell. A pair of pushing rods is provided in the housing. The seat shell has an insulative element, a pair of elastic beam terminals and a conductive element. The conductive element connects with the elastic beam terminals. Each of the elastic beam terminals is separately and movably arranged between one of the main signal ports and the seat shell. The seat shell has ferrite elements. A splitter board is disposed in the cover shell. The splitter board has a pair of first terminals correspondingly connecting with second terminals in the main signal ports. Splitting signal ports electrically connecting with the splitter board are provided outside the cover shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: CABLE VISION ELECTRONICS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Chien-Chung Lee, I-Sheng Ting
  • Patent number: 11528991
    Abstract: A shelf power supply system has a power supply track and a first power taking head and a retractable power supply track, the first power taking head has an external wiring. The retractable power supply track has a first moving part electrically connected to the external wiring and a second moving part being electrically connected with the first moving part and slideable thereon. The second moving part has a terminal. The invention can solve the problems that the wiring is complex and difficult to hide in the power supply system of the low-voltage lamps installed in the shelves and the laminates, suitable for the shelf support arms with different lengths, the size is small, the operation is very convenient, and one track can power multi-layer lamps, avoiding complex winding in the shelf, which is very simple operation and convenient for hidden installation in the shelf.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Self Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhaoyong Zheng, Chengke Zhang
  • Patent number: 11527842
    Abstract: A socket connector is configured to mount to a component, such as a printed circuit board. The socket connector includes a base having a passageway and a channel extending outwardly from the passageway, a barrel including a wall having a flange extending outwardly therefrom, at least one biasing member engaging the flange and surrounding the wall, and a contact seated within the barrel. The wall is seated within the passageway and the flange is seated within the channel. The barrel is configured for movement within the base to align a centerline of a pin inserted into the socket connector with a centerline of the hole of the component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Chiuming Lu, Ronald C. Hodge, Pierre Perez
  • Patent number: 11522311
    Abstract: A port protector is provided for locking insert into a communication port of electronic equipment. The port protector comprises a base member defining a support surface extending longitudinally between outer and inner ends. The locking member is deflectively coupled to the base member by a spine member extending transversely therebetween. The locking member includes an anchored portion attached to the spine member and a plank portion projecting longitudinally inward therefrom to terminate at a free end, such that the plank portion extends over the support surface of the base member. An engagement member extends from the plank portion of the locking member and is configured for retentively engaging the communication port when disposed at a locking position therein. The engagement member is releasable from the locking position responsive to the spine member being severed to decouple the locking and base members from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Inventor: Gary S. Mosholder
  • Patent number: 11522325
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a safety plug comprising two pins, an insulating housing, a limiting member, and an operating member. The operating member is configured to drive the limiting member to be changed between a position-limited position and an unlocked position. First ends of the two pins extend into the insulating housing, a short-circuit protection circuit is disposed in the insulating housing, and the short-circuit protection circuit is disposed in a path in which the two pins move away from the insulating housing. When the limiting member is in the position-limited position, a limiting fit is defined, and the first ends of the two pins are spaced apart from the short-circuit protection circuit. When the limiting member is in the unlocked position, the limiting fit is released, and the insulating housing is pulled to enable the short-circuit protection circuit to short circuit the two pins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Xiamen Longstar Lighting Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Xilong Li
  • Patent number: 11522305
    Abstract: A frangible shunt link assembly includes a frangible link configured to conductively couple a current collector coupled with a vehicle and one or more components of the vehicle. The frangible link is configured to break responsive to the current collector being at least partially separated from the vehicle to interrupt a conductive connection between the current collector and the one or more components of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: TRANSTECH OF SOUTH CAROLINA, INC.
    Inventors: Joseph Mosher, William Golpe, Stacy Neil Smith
  • Patent number: 11522310
    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: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Amphenol Corporation
    Inventor: Thomas S. Cohen
  • Patent number: 11518049
    Abstract: A rotary module includes a first outer tube, a first member in which a function of the channel is maintained when a first outer tube rotates relative to a first inner tube, the channel coupling an outside of the first outer tube and an inside of the first inner tube, and a second member in which electrical coupling between the first terminal provided on an inner circumference surface of a second outer tube and the second terminal provided on an outer circumference surface of a second inner tube is maintained when the second outer tube rotates relative to the second inner tube, wherein the first outer tube and the second outer tube are fixed, the first inner tube and the second inner tube are fixed, and the first member and the second member are arranged along the same axis as each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Keitaro Hashizume
  • Patent number: 11515680
    Abstract: A contact system comprises a ground cylinder, a shielding cylinder press-fit with the ground cylinder, and a contact ring disposed between the ground cylinder and the shielding cylinder. The contact ring includes a strip of electrically conductive material defining a plurality of projections on at least one longitudinal side. The projections electrically contact the ground cylinder and the shielding cylinder for establishing an electrically conductive connection therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Ivan Ivanov, Michael Burghard, Helge Schmidt, Hubert Pollok, Sönke Sachs, Marco Wolf, Christoph Kosmalski, Martin Listing, Uemit Bulduk, Jochen Fertig, Willi Dietrich
  • Patent number: 11509091
    Abstract: Provided are a cable securing clamp and a data transmission device. The cable securing clamp includes a clamp body and a snap member. The clamp body is provided with a first through hole, a side wall of the clamp body is provided with a second through hole communicating with the first through hole, and the first through hole is configured to allow a cable to pass through. A first end of the snap member is pivotally connected to the clamp body, a second end of the snap member is in interference fit with the second through hole, a surface of the second end of the snap member is provided with a tooth structure, and the tooth structure is configured to snap the cable in the first through hole such that the cable is secured in an extending direction of the first through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: LUXSHARE PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Huabing Li, Zhongyuan Lai, Yu Huang
  • Patent number: 11506272
    Abstract: A support member may be connectable in a removable and adjustable manner to a track assembly. The support member may include an electrical connector, a contact, and a biasing member. The electrical connector may be adjustable to a first position and a second position. The contact may be connected to the electrical connector and configured to engage a conductor of said track assembly. The contact may be engageable with said conductor when the electrical connector is in the first position. The contact may not be engageable with said conductor when the electrical connector is in the second position. The biasing member may be configured to bias the contact into engagement with said conductor when the electrical connector is in the first position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Lear Corporation
    Inventors: Antoine Moulin, Jeffrey A. Jones, Sven Vesper, Marlon Christian Grosser, Raúl Ricart
  • Patent number: 11509074
    Abstract: A spring-force terminal connection for connecting a conductor includes: a bus bar; a clamping spring by which the conductor to be connected is clamped against the bus bar when in a clamped state; a pivotably arranged actuation lever, the clamping spring being actuatable by a pivoting movement of the actuation lever; and a clamping cage, which forms a space for accommodating the conductor to be connected. The clamping spring includes a leaf spring and has a first end section forming a clamping region and a second end section opposite the first end section and forming a holding region. The clamping spring is fastened to the clamping cage by the second end section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Volker Jarmuth, Peter Klimala