Patents Examined by Vanessa Girardi
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Patent number: 11469058Abstract: The invention relates to an electrical switch (30) for an electrical appliance (2), in particular for a power tool, which has at least two switching contacts (34, 36), which can be jointly moved between a switched-off position (38), in which the switching contacts (34, 36) have no electrical connection to a counter contact (42) of the switch (30), and a switched-on position (40), in which the switching contacts (34, 36) are electrically connected to the counter contact (42). To maintain a contact resistance of the switch (30) at a largely constant value over the service life, it is proposed to arrange and/or design the switching contacts (34, 36) and/or the counter contact (42) such that, when the switch (30) transitions between the switched-off position (38) and the switched-on position (40), the switching contacts (34, 36) successively enter into electrical contact with the counter contact (42) or successively break the electrical contact.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2019Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Inventor: Rudolf Faude
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Patent number: 11469544Abstract: The present invention relates to a boot and connector assembly.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2020Date of Patent: October 11, 2022Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLCInventors: Jin Liu, MuLan Huang, Li Zhang, Yujun Zhang
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Patent number: 11462864Abstract: A connector includes a terminal fitting connected to an end of an electric wire, a housing including a terminal accommodating chamber configured to accommodate the terminal fitting, a temperature sensor connected to an end of a detection line and configured to be attached to the terminal fitting, and a heat retaining cover. The heat retaining cover is configured to be attached to the housing such that the heat retaining cover covers a rear end portion of the housing and to retain heat inside the terminal accommodating chamber, the heat retaining cover having an electric wire guiding out portion through which the electric wire and the detection line drawn out from the terminal accommodating chamber are to be inserted.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2021Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Akihiro Saito, Tsutomu Sawada, Yoshitaka Tsushima
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Patent number: 11452421Abstract: The present disclosure provides a telescopic conductive tube, including a conductive assembly and a telescopic assembly. The conductive assembly is mounted to an outer wall of the telescopic assembly and extends along a longitudinal direction of the telescopic assembly. The conductive assembly includes an upper housing, a lower housing, a conductive wire, an elastic conductive wire, a first electrode pin and a second electrode pin. The elastic conductive wire is accommodated within the telescopic assembly. The lower housing has an end fixed to the telescopic assembly. The conductive wire has an end electrically connected with the first electrode pin and an other end electrically connected with the elastic conductive wire. The elastic conductive wire has an end disposed away from the conductive wire and electrically connected with the second electrode pin. The conductive wire is sandwiched and fixed between the upper housing and the lower housing.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2021Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: SHENZHEN SHERMON TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITEDInventor: Chaoliang Ma
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Patent number: 11456559Abstract: A rubber plug A includes a tubular seal functioning portion 10 through which a wire 20 is passed, and a tubular portion 15 through which the wire 20 is passed. The seal functioning portion 10 exhibits a sealing function by being held resiliently in close contact with an inner peripheral surface of a terminal accommodation chamber 29 and an outer peripheral surface of the wire 20. The tubular portion 15 is disposed behind the seal functioning portion 10. Weight portions 16 relatively displaceable with respect to the tubular portion 15 are formed on the outer periphery of the tubular portion 15.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2021Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Namiki Tsukada, Yukihiro Fukatsu
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Patent number: 11444395Abstract: This disclosure is a terminal block. An insulative base includes an accommodating space and an insertion hole. The insulative base includes a lateral opening. A guiding structure is disposed in the accommodating space and includes a guiding plate and a guiding arm. A passing space is formed between the insulative base and the guiding plate. An L-shaped space is formed between the guiding plate and the insulative base. A U-shaped space is formed between the guiding arm and the insulative base. A conducting terminal is positioned in the L-shaped space. An elastic strip includes an abutting section, a positioning section and a U-shaped section connected therebetween. The elastic strip is inserted to the passing space and the U-shaped space to be connected with the guiding arm.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2021Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignees: DINKLE ENTERPRISE CO., LTD., DINKLE ELECTRIC MACHINERY (CHINA) CO., LTD.Inventor: Shang-Tsai Wu
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Patent number: 11444621Abstract: A touchless trigger apparatus is touchless button, comprising a photon-gate side, a photon-gate distal side more than 1 cm (11.0 in) and less than 30 cm (11.0 in) across the photon-gate opening, to the photon-gate side. An electro-optical sensor is connected to the photon-gate side. An ASIC controller is connected to the output of the electro-optical sensor. Lastly a button face is within the opening of the photon gate. Alternatively, a touchless trigger apparatus is a touchless pushbutton, or a touchless switch. Any person or primate trained to use a button, pushbutton or switch could intuitively learn to use a touchless trigger apparatus due to its recognizable combination of elements and low-latency feedback before touching the button, the pushbutton or the switch.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2020Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Inventor: Bryan B Solstin
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Patent number: 11437739Abstract: A connector (10) configured to bring an object (70) into conduction comprises: a pair of fitting bodies fittable to each other; and a filler (60) with which at least one fitting body of the pair of fitting bodies is loaded, wherein a fitting body of the pair of fitting bodies includes: an accommodating portion (35a) configured to accommodate the object (70) together with the filler (60); and a receiving portion (36) configured to be adjacent to the accommodating portion (35a) and receive the filler (60).Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2018Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATIONInventors: Tetsuya Hata, Shigeki Ohara
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Patent number: 11437202Abstract: A switch device includes a lock component and a crossbar. The crossbar is configured to open or close electric contacts. The crossbar includes a lock receiving section for receiving the lock component after the switch device is turned to an ON position for a period of time. The lock component is disengaged from the lock receiving section after the period of time to allow the crossbar jump upwards to close the electric contacts quickly.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2020Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: ROCKWELL AUTOMATION SWITZERLAND GMBHInventors: Thomas Strebel Marzano, David Urech
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Patent number: 11437760Abstract: A coaxial connector assembly has a housing with at least one contact receiving cavity which extends from a mating end to a contact assembly receiving end. The contact receiving cavity has a mounting section proximate the contact assembly receiving end. A contact assembly is positioned in the contact receiving cavity. The contact assembly has a front flange proximate a mating portion of the contact assembly. A positioning member is inserted on the mating portion of the contact assembly. The positioning member cooperates with the flange to position the positioning member on the mating portion of the contact assembly. The positioning member cooperates with a wall of the contact receiving cavity to limit the movement of the mating portion of the contact assembly in a direction which is transverse to a longitudinal axis of the contact assembly.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2020Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GmbHInventors: Charles Raymond Gingrich, III, Francis John Blasick, Keith Edwin Miller
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Patent number: 11437744Abstract: A board connector used in a printed circuit board assembly and includes a shell, a pin and an elastic member. The shell has a chamber therein and a hole on a surface thereof. The pin is configured to accommodate in the chamber, wherein at least one part of the pin protrudes out of the shell via the hole. The elastic member is configured to locate in the chamber. The pin is located between the surface of the shell and the elastic member.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2018Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)Inventors: Pinghua Duan, Zhen Yang, Haiquan Gu
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Patent number: 11437746Abstract: A board-end connector and a wire-end connector capable of being engaged with each other to form a wire-to-board connector assembly are provided. The board-end connector includes a board-end insulating housing, a plurality of board-end terminals, and a plurality of board-end signal terminals. The board-end insulating housing has a board-end power mating section and a board-end signal mating section. The board-end signal mating section is located on one side of the board-end power mating section and has a long signal slot. The plurality of board-end terminals are accommodated in the board-end power mating section. The plurality of board-end signal terminals are accommodated in the long signal slot of the board-end signal mating section.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2021Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Inventor: Sung-Yu Chen
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Patent number: 11420554Abstract: Vehicle horn control device, embedded on a vehicle steering wheel, comprising: a base part (10); a control part (20), movable between a rest position and a depressed position; elastic return means (31), for pushing back the control part (20) to the rest position,—positioning means (41); an electrical circuit with at least one switch comprising a second contact terminal (51; 151; 251a, 251b; 21, 452), embedded on the control part (20), and a first contact terminal (52; 152; 252; 441), secured to the base part (10), characterized in that the positioning means (41) comprises the initial contact terminal (52; 152; 252; 441) arranged to position the control part (20) in the rest position, so as to close the switch when the control part (20) is in the rest position.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2018Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: Autoliv ASP, Inc.Inventor: Laurent Groleau
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Patent number: 11417978Abstract: The application relates to a connector, intended to transmit radio frequency RF signals, of longitudinal axis X, including: a central contact under the form of an elongated flat strip which at least one of its ends is shaped as a fork with two flexible branches to define inwardly a cavity extending along the axis X for receiving a contact pin of one complementary connector, the two flexible branches of the fork being configured such that to apply a contact force to the contact pin; at least one solid insulating structure in which the central contact is mechanically retained, one of its ends of the insulating structure being configured to let the two flexible branches to move freely radially and to guide the contact pin while enabling its swivelling when inserted into the cavity (C) defined by the fork.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2019Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: RADIALLInventors: Guangrong Xie, Kaiyang Yuan
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Patent number: 11411337Abstract: An electrical contact is stamped from sheet metal and includes a planar main body, a resilient upper contacting arm extending from an upper end of the main body and a resilient lower contacting arm extending from a lower end of the main body. The upper contacting arm includes an upper oblique section and an upper contacting section at a free end thereof, and the lower contacting arm includes a lower oblique section and a lower contacting section at the free end thereof. The width of the contacting arm is similar to that of the main body while the width of the contacting section is smaller than one half of that of the main body.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2021Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignees: FOXCONN (KUNSHAN) COMPUTER CONNECTOR CO., LTD., FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDInventor: Fang-Jwu Liao
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Patent number: 11411334Abstract: An electrical connector for connecting to flat-wire conductors of a flexible circuit (FC) is described. The electrical connector includes an elongated body, a split-blade terminal, and a spring terminal. The elongated body has a longitudinal axis. The split-blade terminal has two prongs separated by a distance and is configured to interface with an electrical terminal of an electrical device. The spring terminal is configured to mate with one or more of the flat-wire conductors within a connection area of the FC. The spring terminal and the split-blade terminal are positioned on the longitudinal axis at opposing ends of the electrical connector.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2020Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: APTIV TECHNOLOGIES LIMITEDInventors: David R. Peterson, Joseph Sudik, Jr., Duane Lee Brantingham, George A. Drew
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Patent number: 11394138Abstract: Provided is a terminal block that electrically connects a terminal connection portion provided at a terminal end of a covered wire and a device-side connection portion provided in a device to each other, the terminal block including: a contact placement portion on which the terminal connection portion and the device-side connection portion are disposed in contact with each other; a wire installation portion that is provided continuously with the contact placement portion and on which the covered wire is disposed; and a stress relaxation portion that is disposed between the wire installation portion and the covered wire so as to be elastically displaceable, and that bends and holds the covered wire in a state in which a clearance is provided between the covered wire and the wire installation portion.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2019Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES. LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi Shimizu, Yusuke Isaji, Hitoshi Takeda
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Patent number: 11387603Abstract: A panel mount connector includes a housing that mounts to a panel from a terminal side of the panel and a terminal module that is configured to be supported by and inserted in a channel in the housing from a cable side of the panel. A secondary piece can be used to secure the terminal module to the housing and provide sufficient structure robustness while allowing for ease of assembly and disassembly.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2017Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: Molex, LLCInventors: Tommy Lawrence, Javier Resendez, Takayuki Arai
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Patent number: 11387588Abstract: A power semiconductor module has a substrate, load and auxiliary connector elements, and a plastic body, which preferably is a housing or a housing frame and which has a channel. The channel being for the arrangement of a compensating portion of a press-fit contact element. The press-fit contact element has a press-fit portion, a compensating portion and a foot portion, the compensating portion being elastic in a longitudinal direction of the press-fit contact element and having at least two O-shaped sub-portions arranged in succession in the longitudinal direction and having a constriction arranged between two sub-portions.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2021Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: SEMIKRON ELEKTRONIK GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Ingo Bogen, Alexander Wehner
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Patent number: 11387064Abstract: According to one embodiment, a MEMS element includes a first member, and an element part. The element part includes a first fixed electrode fixed to the first member, a first movable electrode facing the first fixed electrode, a first conductive member electrically connected to the first movable electrode, and a second conductive member electrically connected to the first movable electrode. The first conductive member and the second conductive member support the first movable electrode to be separated from the first fixed electrode in a first state before a first electrical signal is applied between the second conductive member and the first fixed electrode. The first conductive member and the second conductive member are in a broken state in a second state after the first electrical signal is applied between the second conductive member and the first fixed electrode.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2020Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventors: Hiroaki Yamazaki, Kei Masunishi