Laterally Moving Slide Patents (Class 439/347)
  • Publication number: 20140349507
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes a first connector and a second connector mating with the first connector in a mating direction. The first connector includes a mating portion defining two long walls opposite to each other and two short walls disposed oppositely, the long and short walls are connected to each other together to form a mating cavity. The second connector includes a mating tongue extending forwardly and a second shielding shell defining a mating frame surrounding the mating tongue. Wherein one of the long walls defines a pair of fool-proof portions extending outwardly from both sides thereof, the mating frame defines a pair of fool-proof slots and engaging with the fool-proof portions so as to prevent the first connector from mismating the second connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: WEI ZHONG, QIU QIAN
  • Publication number: 20140349508
    Abstract: A coaxial cable connector is attachable to a coaxial cable. The connector, in one embodiment, includes a connector body, a coupler and a slider. The slider is configured to cause compression of the connector body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: PPC Broadband, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles E. Thomas, Timothy Tremba
  • Publication number: 20140308838
    Abstract: A USB connector positioning structure includes a protective casing affixed to a frame shell of a machine case around a USB connector insertion slot for guiding insertion of a male USB connector through the USB connector insertion slot into a plug hole in a female USB connector at a circuit board inside the machine case, and a positioning holder shell pivotally coupled to the protective casing and biasable between a close horizontal position and an opened vertical position and movable along two horizontal guide slots of the protective casing for holding an inserted male USB connector in connection with the female USB connector in the machine case and protecting the inserted male USB connector against external pressure, and holding screws for locking the protective casing and the inserted gale USB connector in position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2013
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: ADLINK TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventor: Jen-Chieh KUO
  • Patent number: 8845354
    Abstract: A lock device includes a helical gear driven by a motor. The helical gear is connected to a control shaft by a transmission member. Further, the helical gear is connected to a lid lock bar by a link bar. A coil spring constantly urges the lid lock bar toward a lid lock position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai Rika Denki Seisakusho
    Inventors: Naoto Kurumizawa, Keiji Kahara, Toshiharu Katagiri
  • Publication number: 20140273589
    Abstract: The subject matter described herein includes an electrical connector assembly comprising a first connector and a second connector. The first connector includes a main body, a locking member, and first engagement members. The locking member includes an indented portion. The second connector is configured to receive the first connector. The second connector includes a main body and a latching member that is slidable with respect to the main body. The latching member includes a biasing member and second engagement members configured to receive the first engagement members. The locking member of the first connector is configured to deflect the biasing member of the second connector when the first connector is inserted into the second connector such that the biasing member engages the indented portion of the locking member thereby retaining the locking member in a locked position and indicating proper mating of the first connector and the second connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: AMPHENOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Barbara Heather MARTEN, Valeria CARAIANI, Peter Ervin JAY, Stewart CLARK
  • Patent number: 8827736
    Abstract: A current distribution device for a high-voltage network, in particular in a motor vehicle, includes at least two first connections that can be locked in such a way that, after a locking device is closed, a connector plugged into the connection can no longer be removed, wherein the first connections have a first locking plate as a common locking device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Audi AG
    Inventors: Jan Wischerath, Christoph Blösch, Christian Wirthmüller
  • Publication number: 20140235086
    Abstract: A charging port locking device is provided that basically includes a charging port and a lock mechanism. The lock mechanism achieves both locked and unlocked states by rotational movement of the restricting member. The restricting member is configured in the lock state with respect a reference line connecting a center of rotation of the restricting member and the center of width of the engaging portion as seen in a top view such that a top view area of the restricting member from the reference line in the rotational direction toward a restricting state is smaller than a top view area of the restricting member from the reference line in the rotational direction toward a non-restricting state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2012
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Nakajima
  • Publication number: 20140235087
    Abstract: A charging port locking device is provided with an engagement member provided in a charging connector, for regulating the removal of the charging connector by engagement with an engagement part provided in a charging port, a restriction member provided in a vehicle, for restricting the disengagement of the engagement member, and a lock actuator for driving the restriction member. By virtue of the charging port locking device, the unintentional disconnection of the charging connector from the charging port can be avoided during charging in a state in which the charging port and the charging connector are connected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2012
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Nakajima
  • Patent number: 8764472
    Abstract: A motor programming tool is disclosed for associating with a connection block of a motor and sending signals to a programmable controller of the motor, where the connection block includes a plurality of terminals coupled to the controller. The programming tool includes a tool body with an interface generally corresponding with the connection block of the motor, wiring operable to carry the signals, and a plurality of terminal connecting assemblies to associate with the motor terminals. The tool body includes a shiftable locking mechanism operable to selectively secure the tool body relative to the electrical connection block of the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Nidec Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Payman Rassoolkhani, Chetan O. Modi, Charles L. Geiler, Robert J. Ploof, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20140117783
    Abstract: A motor programming tool is disclosed for associating with a connection block of a motor and sending signals to a programmable controller of the motor, where the connection block includes a plurality of terminals coupled to the controller. The programming tool includes a tool body with an interface generally corresponding with the connection block of the motor, wiring operable to carry the signals, and a plurality of terminal connecting assemblies to associate with the motor terminals. The tool body includes a shiftable locking mechanism operable to selectively secure the tool body relative to the electrical connection block of the motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2014
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: NIDEC MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Payman Rassoolkhani, Chetan O. Modi, Charles L. Geiler, Robert J. Ploof, JR.
  • Publication number: 20140080347
    Abstract: A direct plug element is described, including a housing, a two-part contact carrier having a first contact carrier part and a second contact carrier part, at least one of the contact carriers having a direct contact, the two contact carrier parts being situated disengaged in the housing but secure from loss, and a slider in the sealed region, which is able to be brought into contact with the contact carrier parts, in the contact state, due to the slide, a first prestressing force onto the first contact carrier part being present in the contact state in a first direction, and a prestressing force onto the second contact carrier part in a second direction being present, essentially counter to the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2012
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: Shiloh Industries, Inc
    Inventors: Eckhardt Philipp, Werner Hofmeister
  • Publication number: 20140080348
    Abstract: A connector including a housing. A lock is positioned on a mating end of the housing. The connector also includes a contact. A slide member is positioned on the housing and is slideable along a longitudinal axis to the mating end and engageable with the lock in a lock position, and being slideable along the longitudinal axis to a terminal end of the housing in an unlock position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventor: Taisuke Nagasaki
  • Patent number: 8666510
    Abstract: A lead connection system includes a connector housing. A plurality of lead retainers disposed in the connector housing are configured and arranged to removably attach to a proximal end of one of a received plurality of leads. The plurality of lead retainers include at least one of a slidable drawer and at least one pivotable hinged panel. A plurality of connector contacts are configured and arranged for making electrical contact with one or more of the terminals of one or more of the plurality of received leads. A single connector cable has a distal end that is electrically coupled to the plurality of connector contacts and a proximal end that is configured and arranged for insertion into a trial stimulator. A cable connector is electrically coupled, via the connector contacts, to at least one terminal of each of the received plurality of leads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corporation
    Inventors: Kenny Kinyen Chinn, John Michael Barker
  • Publication number: 20140051277
    Abstract: A half fitting prevention connector includes a cylindrical case, a connector body, a lever, and a release lever. The release lever has a lock hole. An electromagnetic coil has a plunger. The plunger is arranged so as to face a microswitch. The electromagnetic coil is excited by connection between the signal terminal of the connector body and a signal terminal of a mating connector, and thereby moving the plunger toward the microswitch. The release lever is rotatable so that the plunger can enter the lock hole to press the microswitch in a state that the connector body is completely fitted with the mating connector and the plunger cannot enter the lock hole in a state that the connector body is half fitted with the mating connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Publication date: February 20, 2014
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takenori Ohmura
  • Patent number: 8632353
    Abstract: A motor programming tool is disclosed for associating with a connection block of a motor and sending signals to a programmable controller of the motor, where the connection block includes a plurality of terminals coupled to the controller. The programming tool includes a tool body with an interface generally corresponding with the connection block of the motor, wiring operable to carry the signals, and a plurality of terminal connecting assemblies to associate with the motor terminals. The tool body includes a shiftable locking mechanism operable to selectively secure the tool body relative to the electrical connection block of the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Nidec Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Payman Rassoolkhani, Chetan O. Modi, Charles L. Geiler, Robert J. Ploof, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20140017925
    Abstract: A connector having a housing with mating face. A slide assembly has a cam pin receiving opening on the mating face with a width W1 measured along the mating face. A slide has cam grooves in communication with the cam pin receiving opening. A cam pin on a mating housing is engageable with the cam pin receiving opening, having a width W2 measured along the mating face being less than the width W1, and a width W3 measured at an angle to the mating face being greater than the width W1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2013
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Inventor: Katsumi Shiga
  • Patent number: 8628362
    Abstract: A connector to be connected to a mating connector, includes a connector main body including a cylindrical member, a supporting member disposed in the cylindrical member, a terminal supported on the supporting member, and a fitting portion having an engaging portion; a movable sleeve including a diameter control portion; an elastic deformation member disposed to be elastically deformable in a radial direction thereof; an accommodating portion disposed between the connector main body and the movable sleeve for accommodating the elastic deformation member; and a transmission unit for transmitting a force in the axial direction from the movable sleeve to the elastic deformation member when the movable sleeve moves, and for transmitting a force in the radial direction from the elastic deformation member to the movable sleeve when the elastic deformation member returns to an original shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Hirose Electric Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Kentaro Maki
  • Publication number: 20130309898
    Abstract: When a power supply plug 40 is inserted into a case 20, a swing pin 43 of the power supply plug 40 pushes a slidable pin 57 in the case 20. Then, when an engaging part 45 of the power supply plug 40 provided at the tip end of the swing pin 43 is engaged with an engaging part 59, the slidable pin 57 is restored to its original position at a mouth, and the periphery of the swing pin 43 abuts against the periphery of the slidable pin 57, and thus the power supply plug 40 and the case 20 are locked. In addition, a locking device 50 having the slidable pin is disposed at the back of the case 20, and a first waterproof wall 30 and a second waterproof wall 34 are provided at positions closer to the mouth than the locking device 50.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2011
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: SHINDENGEN ELECTRIC MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masahide Mizuno, Masanori Kawahara, Yoshio Aoki
  • Publication number: 20130288509
    Abstract: The invention relates to a plug type connector, a counter-connector and a plug type connector arrangement. In order to protect a contact position (P) of the plug type connector against undesirable displacement relative to the counter-connector of the plug type connector arrangement, without undesirable forces occurring, there is provision according to the invention for the plug type connector and the counter-connector to have clamping faces which extend transversely relative to a connection direction (V) and which are clamped to each other via a fixing means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: TYCO ELECTRONICS AMP GMBH
    Inventors: Rolf Jetter, Carsten Buck
  • Publication number: 20130260597
    Abstract: A lock device includes a helical gear driven by a motor. The helical gear is connected to a control shaft by a transmission member. Further, the helical gear is connected to a lid lock bar by a link bar. A coil spring constantly urges the lid lock bar toward a lid lock position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO
    Inventor: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO
  • Patent number: 8548601
    Abstract: A lead connection system includes a connector housing. A plurality of lead retainers disposed in the connector housing are configured and arranged to removably attach to a proximal end of one of a received plurality of leads. The plurality of lead retainers include at least one of a slidable drawer and at least one pivotable hinged panel. A plurality of connector contacts are configured and arranged for making electrical contact with one or more of the terminals of one or more of the plurality of received leads. A single connector cable has a distal end that is electrically coupled to the plurality of connector contacts and a proximal end that is configured and arranged for insertion into a trial stimulator. A cable connector is electrically coupled, via the connector contacts, to at least one terminal of each of the received plurality of leads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Corporation
    Inventors: Kenny Kinyen Chinn, John Michael Barker
  • Publication number: 20130244469
    Abstract: A connector assembly according to the present disclosure includes a connector body, a lock reinforcement, and a secondary lock. The connector body has a plurality of terminal cavities and a plurality of lock projections configured to engage a plurality of terminals to retain the terminals in the terminal cavities. The lock reinforcement is slidable relative to the connector body for engagement with a subset of the lock projections to maintain the lock projections engaged with a first subset of the terminals. The secondary lock is slidable relative to the connector body for engagement with a second subset of the terminals to retain the terminals in the terminal cavities independent from the lock projections. The secondary lock is coupled to the lock reinforcement such that moving one of the lock reinforcement and the secondary lock moves the other one of the lock reinforcement and the secondary lock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: YAZAKI NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventor: Michael Paul Osterhart
  • Patent number: 8529283
    Abstract: A lockable connector includes a receptacle having an opening located on an engagement surface and a spring clip slidably attached to the receptacle, the spring clip having a plug retention tang oriented substantially perpendicular to the opening on the engagement surface, the plug retention tang being positioned on the spring clip so that when the spring clip assumes a locking position the plug retention tang aligns with the opening located on the engagement surface of the receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Adtran, Inc.
    Inventor: Scott Carden
  • Patent number: 8512055
    Abstract: A fixing device for fixing a power module includes a supporting rack, a latching member, and a resilient member connected between the supporting rack and the latching member. The supporting rack includes a base forming a hook engaging in a latching hole defined in the power module. A receiving hole is defined in the base. A protrusion extends down from the base. A slope facing the receiving hole is formed on the protrusion. A resilient tongue extends from the sliding plate. An abutting block extends down from a distal end of the tongue. When disassembling the power module, the latching member is slid relative to the base. The hook is disengaged from the latching hole. The slope abuts against the abutting block. The abutting block moves upward. The tongue is deformed to push up the power module to separate the power module from the supporting rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hung-Chun Lu
  • Patent number: 8512060
    Abstract: A rotatable and positive lockable circular connector including a spin coupling having an axial bore therethrough; a cylindrical connection interface inserted into the axial bore of the spin coupling; and an adapter body having an internal bore into which the spin coupling is axially inserted, thereby placing the spin coupling, connection interface, and adapter body into axial alignment. The adapter body includes a shielded branch for passing conductor wires. A locking system permits selective rotation of the spin coupling in relation to the adapter body when the apparatus is in an unlocked position, and positively locks the spin coupling in relation to the adapter body when the apparatus is in a locked position. Grounding elements maintain a ground path from the branch shielding to a connector shell coupled to the spin coupling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Icore International, Inc.
    Inventor: Stanley D. Smith
  • Patent number: 8482932
    Abstract: A motherboard assembly includes a serial advanced technology attachment dual-in-line memory module (SATA DIMM) with a circuit board, a memory slot, and an interface. An edge connector is set on a bottom edge of the circuit board. A SATA connector is arranged on the circuit board, and connected to a control chip and the interface, enabling a motherboard communication with the SATA DIMM module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bo Tian, Guo-Yi Chen
  • Patent number: 8469733
    Abstract: A pluggable module includes a base, a cover assembled with the base to form a housing and a latching mechanism at least partially disposed within the housing. The latching mechanism includes an actuating portion and a single sliding portion which is connected with the actuating portion and disposed within the housing, the single sliding portion including a flat board and two sliding legs respectively extending from two opposite sides of the flat board, each sliding leg having a latching protrusion formed thereon and exposed outside the housing for latching with and detaching from the cage. The present invention uses a single sliding portion to replace two sliding arms thereby simplifying the manufacturing and assembling process, in turn, reducing the manufacturing and assembling cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: SAE Magnetics (H.K.) Ltd.
    Inventor: Chun de Lee
  • Patent number: 8469732
    Abstract: A connector (100) is formed of a housing having a tab (112), a cover (104) for sliding over a section of the housing and a latch (106) slideably coupled to the cover. The connector (100) is attached to a device by aligning the tab (112) of the housing (102) into the device, sliding the cover (104) inward towards the housing thereby engaging the cover and housing to the device, and pressing the latch (106) downward to lock the connector to the device. The connector (100) is detached from the device by pulling the latch (106) upward to unlock the connector from the device, sliding the cover (104) outward to disengage the cover from the device, and releasing the tab (112).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Motorola Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Tang Chin Sen, Kee Cheah Chan, Quah Tee Hoh
  • Patent number: 8465215
    Abstract: A pluggable apparatus is provided in the present invention. The pluggable apparatus includes one base, one pull tab, at least one elastic piece, two sliding plates, and one front cover. The pull tab includes two rotary shafts arranged symmetrically and is rotatably arranged at one end of the base through the rotary shafts. The at least one elastic piece includes one first elastic arm and one second elastic arm. The at least one elastic piece is arranged on one of the rotary shafts of the pull tab and is held against the pull tab through the first elastic arm. The two sliding plates are slidably arranged on two sides of the base and are connected to the pull tab. The front cover is arranged on the base and is held against the second elastic arm of the elastic piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Danhua Huang, Jingxuan Cai, Yu Huang
  • Publication number: 20130045618
    Abstract: A connector (100) is formed of a housing having a tab (112), a cover (104) for sliding over a section of the housing and a latch (106) slideably coupled to the cover. The connector (100) is attached to a device by aligning the tab (112) of the housing (102) into the device, sliding the cover (104) inward towards the housing thereby engaging the cover and housing to the device, and pressing the latch (106) downward to lock the connector to the device. The connector (100) is detached from the device by pulling the latch (106) upward to unlock the connector from the device, sliding the cover (104) outward to disengage the cover from the device, and releasing the tab (112).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2011
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Applicant: MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Tang Chin Sen, Kee Cheah Chan, Quah Tee Hoh
  • Patent number: 8376773
    Abstract: A security device for a HDMI connector having a HDMI connector head provided on an electronic device having a HDMI socket. The security device includes a locking device including a locking head and a plurality of locker arms extended from two sides of the locking head respectively to define a locker channel for detachably receiving the HDMI connector head. Each of the locker arms has a plurality of engaging teeth formed therealong, wherein the locking device is arranged to operate between a locking mode and a releasing mode, wherein in the locking mode, the locker arms are inwardly pressed to bias against the HDMI connector head when the HDMI connector is plugged into the HDMI socket, wherein in the releasing mode, the locker arms are relieved from the pressing force so as to allow the HDMI connector head to be freely detached from the HDMI socket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Luoyang Ruiguang Movie-TV Optic-Electronic Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jian Ma
  • Patent number: 8371870
    Abstract: A mouse device with a separable transmission cable includes a mouse body, a transmission cable and a buckling means. The mouse body further has a buckling jack and a body connection port located close to the buckling jack. The transmission cable further includes a first terminal and a second terminal, in which the first terminal has a first connection port for engaging the body connection port and the second terminal has a second connection port for engaging a computer. The buckling means for buckling the first terminal inside the buckling jack of the mouse body is located at the first connection port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Giga-Byte Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mou-Ming Ma, Shu-I Cheh
  • Publication number: 20130034985
    Abstract: A connector mechanism includes a housing whereon an opening is formed, a socket, and a rotary casing for rotatably covering the opening. The rotary covering includes a main body, a pivoting portion, a stopping portion, and an engaging portion for engaging with an engaging structure of a plug as the plug is inserted into the opening and fastened on the socket so as to fix the plug. The connector mechanism further includes a resilient component for driving the rotary covering to rotate relative to the housing so that the engaging portion engages with the engaging structure of the plug as the plug is fastened on the socket, and a stopping component for stopping the stopping portion of the rotary covering as the resilient component drives the rotary covering to rotate relative to the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2012
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Inventors: Li-Sheng Lin, Li-Wei Liu
  • Patent number: 8315067
    Abstract: A mounting apparatus is configured for securing a PCI card and includes a securing member and a latch member. The securing member extends along a first direction. A protrusion is located on the securing member. The latch member is capable of securing the other end of the PCI card and defines a securing slot. The protrusion is inserted in the secured slot along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiao-Zhu Chen, Zhen-Xing Ye
  • Publication number: 20120244737
    Abstract: A multicontact connector having a housing including cavities; contacts each having a portion received in one of the sockets and another portion projecting beyond a face of the housing; and a locking cap for locking the connector to a complementary connector, the cap being mounted on the housing and configured to slide relative to the housing between a locked position and unlocked position; and the cap projects beyond the face of the housing over a distance greater than the distance whereby the contacts project from the face of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Applicant: RADIALL
    Inventors: Patrice Becavin, Emmanuel Demaret, Sylvain Mougin
  • Patent number: 8251732
    Abstract: A wiring harness electrical connector is provided having a detachable and re-attachable mounting system to permit the attachment of the connector on a frame surface of a semi-trailer, or workpiece, from the rear or interior side of the of the frame or workpiece without disruption to the integrally formed and moisture proof encasing of the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Maxi-Seal Harness Systems Inc.
    Inventors: David Armacost, Kevin Cornelius, Wesley Fueston
  • Patent number: 8251731
    Abstract: A multiple contact connector interfaces between an implanted medical device and an implanted cable or lead. A connector connects between multiple implanted leads, each of which has multiple independent conductors. The connection system is a planar array of male connector pins on one portion, and a matching array of female connector receptacles on a second portion. Alignment via alignment features and pressing together the portions allows pins to engage with the receptacles providing a secure electrical connection. Sealing features on the connector apparatus seal out external fluids and isolate fluid present in the connector apparatus prior to mating, which electrically isolates each pin and its corresponding receptacle from other pin and receptacle pairs. Latching features retains the relative position of the pins, receptacle, and the positioning of the fluid seals, and is reversible for removal of the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Deringer-Ney, Inc.
    Inventors: Garth W. Boyd, Michael Poppy, Michael Grant
  • Patent number: 8235738
    Abstract: A card edge connector for mating with an electronic card includes an elongated housing (1), a number of contacts retained to the housing (1), and a retainer (2) at one end of the housing (1). The housing (1) has a pair of opposed side walls (11), a central slot (12) between the side walls and a fitting section at one end thereof. The fitting section defines a pair of axes holes (145). The retainer (2) has a base portion (21) with a pair of pivots (211) engaging with the axes holes (145), a latch projection (22) inwardly extending from the base portion for locking the electronic card, a flexible arm (23) unitarily extending from the base portion (21) to resist an inner wall of the fitting section for fastening the retainer (2) to the housing (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhuang-Xing Li, Ze-Lin Yao, Wen-Jun Tang
  • Patent number: 8235742
    Abstract: A connector having a sliding cam that prevents twisting when mating with a mating connector. The connector having an inner housing, an inner housing, a slider receiving slot, and a slider. The inner housing includes a contact positioned in the inner housing, while the outer housing is attached to the inner housing. The slider receiving slot is positioned in the outer housing, and the slider includes a plurality of multiple cam grooves with cam pin insertion openings into which a plurality of cam pins positioned along a side surface of a mating connector are inserted. The slider is slidably received in the slider receiving slot. A plurality of temporary mating projections are positioned along the cam pin insertion openings, wherein a height of one of the plurality of temporary mating projections is higher than a height of another of the plurality of temporary mating projections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventors: Ryuichi Komiyama, Kazushige Sakamaki
  • Patent number: 8206170
    Abstract: A female housing of the female connector has a slider slidably installed in a direction orthogonal to a longitudinal joining direction. The slider includes a first cam provided with a first ridge portion, and a pair of opposing first and second slanting portions extending from the first ridge portion. The male housing of the male connector is formed with a second cam on an outer wall surface thereof. The second cam provided with a second ridge portion, a third slanting portion coming into abutment and slidably contacting with the first slanting portion of the slider, and a fourth slanting portion being slidably in contact with the second slanting portion and pressed and retained by the second slanting portion. Thus a half-fitted state can be detected and the connectors are prevented from loosening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: J.S.T. Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Matsumoto, Shinya Masada
  • Publication number: 20120040549
    Abstract: An apparatus, including a chassis having an opening into which an electrical component is insertable, means for coupling to the electrical component, the means for coupling slidably movable, relative to the chassis, in a first direction generally away from the opening, and in a second direction generally toward the opening to a first position in response to force in the first direction exerted upon the means for coupling, and to a second position in response to force in the first direction exerted upon the means for coupling when the means for coupling is in the first position, wherein the first position is different, with respect to the chassis, than the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2011
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Inventors: Eyal Bychkov, Yaniv Maydar, Noam Bernstein, Itay Cohen
  • Patent number: 8113864
    Abstract: A quick-detachable terminal seat includes a main body and a pull rod. The terminal seat is mounted in a casing of a controller which is provided with two notches and locking slots on its periphery. The pull rod has two hooks engaged with the locking slots. The pull rod is provided with two inclined surfaces at locations corresponding to the notches respectively. When the pull rod is pulled out of the main body with the hooks being disengaged from the locking slots, the two inclined surfaces are moved out of the two notches respectively, so that the terminal seat can move upwardly with respect to the casing. In this way, the terminal seat can be detached there from quickly with less labor, or it can be mounted in the casing easily without additional tools. The present invention further provides a programmable logic controller having the terminal seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Delta Electronics, Inc.
    Inventor: Tzu-Tsung Chiang
  • Patent number: 8113849
    Abstract: The docking system includes a wall-mounted assembly having an extending contact portion which includes a set of power contacts for supplying power to a medication cart via a docking port located on the medication cart when the cart is engaged with the wall-mounted assembly. The contact portion includes a depending hook member which engages a spring-biased locking solenoid in the docking port to lock the cart to the wall-mounted assembly when the cart is moved into contact with the wall-mounted assembly. The cart can be unlocked by a signal to the locking solenoid from the cart or manually.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Translogic Corporation
    Inventor: William C. Park, IV
  • Publication number: 20120009813
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a lower base, an upper base, an engaging structure and a driving mechanism. The lower base has at least a terminal slot for accommodating a terminal. The upper base is disposed over said lower base to cover said lower base. The upper base has no integral and downwardly-extended side plate hooking structure to be engaged with the lower base. The engaging structure is used for engaging the upper base with the lower base, so that the upper base is engaged with said lower base and only permitted to be moved forwardly or backwardly relative to the lower base. The driving mechanism is arranged between the upper base and the lower base for driving movement of the upper base and lower base forwardly or backwardly relative to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Inventor: HORNG-YU TSAI
  • Patent number: 8092241
    Abstract: An electronic type removal preventing connector includes a joint and an electronic switch. The joint includes a port, and at least one through hole formed on an external surface of the joint and interconnected to the port. At least one set of electronic switches is installed onto the through hole, and includes a tongue passed through the through hole and having an oblique surface. If a metal plug of a portable electronic device is inserted into the port of the connector, the tongue of the electronic switch will be entered into a bolt hole of the metal plug to prevent the portable electronic device from being stolen. If the electronic switch is electrically conducted for an operation, the tongue will be separated from the through hole and the bolt hole, such that a user can remove the metal plug of the portable electronic device from the joint of the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Inventor: Nai-Chien Chang
  • Publication number: 20110306230
    Abstract: The present application relates to a connector arrangement, including a first connector housing and a complementary second connector housing and a mate assist device. The mate assist device includes an actuating arm movably mountable to the first connector housing, wherein the actuating arm includes at least one cam slot and the second connector housing includes at least one corresponding cam peg to engage the cam slot, such that upon actuating of the mate assist device the cam slot can draw the cam peg towards the first connector housing to move the second connector housing towards the first connector housing. The actuating arm is provided with at least one blocking wing, which arranged movable with respect to the actuating arm and prevents from actuating the mate assist device, when the second connector housing is not at least partially mated with the first connector housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2008
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Inventor: Rainer Schmidt
  • Publication number: 20110300736
    Abstract: A locking device that locks a power feeding plug to a power receiving connector, one of the power feeding plug and the power receiving connector including a hook, the other one of the power feeding plug and the power receiving connector including a catch, the locking device including a lock bar that is moved between a first lock position, at which it holds the hook on the catch and a first unlock position, at which it permits the hook to move away from the catch. A wire is moved between a second lock position, at which it is engaged with the lock bar and restricts movement of the lock bar to the first unlock position, and a second unlock position, at which it is disengaged from the lock bar and permits movement of the lock bar to the first unlock position. A motor is arranged at a position separated from the power receiving connector. A cam transmits the driving force of the motor to the wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2011
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO
    Inventors: Toshiharu Katagiri, Keiji Kahara, Takahiro Hirashita
  • Patent number: 8038462
    Abstract: An electrical connector housing system provides a water-tight o-ring seal between a receptacle housing and a plug housing without compressing the o-ring in the mating direction. The housing system includes at least two latch sliders that can be engaged to trap latch tabs within latch slots. The latch sliders are substantially unaffected by the o-ring compression, and are compatible with housing systems of almost any size and/or shape. Embodiments include a connector region surrounded by a curved wall having an o-ring groove in its outer surface, and the plug housing includes a shell which overlaps the curved wall and compresses the o-ring perpendicular to the mating direction. The housings can include integral electrical contacts and/or can accept one or more insertable contacts. The latch sliders. The latch mechanism can include a detent mechanism, and can require a tool for disengagement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Anderson Power Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Christine M. Svelnis, Craig H. Baker, Jeffrey S. Burkhardt
  • Publication number: 20110223793
    Abstract: The invention relates to a plug connector with a first plug housing and a second plug housing which are plugged into each other, wherein there is provided in the first plug housing a contact-securing means which can be brought from a pre-locking position into an end position in which the contact-securing means protects contacts of the first plug housing from accidental detachment, there being movably mounted on the second plug housing an actuating means which is operatively connected to the first plug housing. The first and the second plug housing being plugged together as a result of a movement of the actuating means from an open position into an end position, and the contact-securing means has an obstructing element, the obstructing element protruding into the path of movement of the actuating means or the first plug housing and preventing plugging-together of the first plug housing and the second plug housing when the contact-securing means is not in the end position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2009
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics AMP GmbH
    Inventors: Daniel Bischoff, Christian Eberwein
  • Publication number: 20110207359
    Abstract: A female housing of the female connector has a slider slidably installed in a direction orthogonal to a longitudinal joining direction. The slider includes a first cam provided with a first ridge portion, and a pair of opposing first and second slanting portions extending from the first ridge portion. The male housing of the male connector is formed with a second cam on an outer wall surface thereof. The second cam provided with a second ridge portion, a third slanting portion coming into abutment and slidably contacting with the first slanting portion of the slider, and a fourth slanting portion being slidably in contact with the second slanting portion and pressed and retained by the second slanting portion. Thus a half-fitted state can be detected and the connectors are prevented from loosening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2011
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Applicant: J.S.T. Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Matsumoto, Shinya Masada