Having Means For Interconnecting Outer Conductors Of Three Or More Cables Patents (Class 439/579)
  • Patent number: 11901679
    Abstract: A splitter for allowing a hardline cable to be connected to the spotter as an input and a connector to be connected to the splitter as an output includes a housing portion. The housing portion includes an input portion; the input portion is configured to receive a hardline input cable; the housing portion includes an output portion; the input portion includes an engagement portion configured to engage a hardline back nut; the sputter is configured to connect to the hardline input cable; and the connection of the splitter to the hardline input cable is configured to allow the splitter to be installed on the hardline input cable without additional hardware to connect the splitter to the hardline input cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: PPC BROADBAND, INC.
    Inventors: Jimmy Ciesla Henningsen, Michael Ole Matzen
  • Patent number: 11843206
    Abstract: Connector carriers (e.g., connector carousels) for use with electronic device processing kiosks, such as mobile phone recycling kiosks, are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a connector carrier includes a chassis and a plurality of electrical connectors fixedly positioned around a periphery of the chassis. In operation, the connector carrier is configured to rotate about a central axis to position a selected one of the electrical connectors in a first position adjacent to an inspection area of the kiosk, and then move toward the inspection area to move the selected electrical connector from the first position to a second position in which a user can connect a mobile phone to the electrical connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: ecoATM, LLC
    Inventors: Babak Forutanpour, Jeffrey Ploetner, Robert O'Neil, Neil Vesco
  • Patent number: 11800600
    Abstract: An information handling system supports multi-radio and multi-antenna wireless communication by routing coaxial cables between the radios and antennas through a cable clip of a conductive material coupled to system ground and interfaced with the coaxial cable ground sheath through an opening formed in the coaxial cable outer casing. A current source of the radio frequency applies a current in phase with the radio signal to the coaxial cable outer casing to suppress crosstalk with coaxial cables of different frequencies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Geroncio Tan, Changsoo Kim, Suresh Ramasamy, Timothy C. Shaw, Salvador D. Jimenez, III, Pomin Shih, Deeder M. Aurongzeb
  • Patent number: 11604135
    Abstract: A carbon nanotube (CNT) assembled thin film modified steel wire array electrode, a preparation method and application thereof. The array electrode includes: a surface of a steel wire is negatively modified, and the surface of the steel wire is assembled with a plurality of layers of CNT thin films; one end of the steel wire is welded to a conductor, and a welding position between the steel wire and the conductor is wrapped with an insulating heat shrinkable tube; and the insulating template and the steel wire are encapsulated and cured by using an epoxy resin. The preparation method of the array electrode of the invention mainly includes the following steps: first, performing negative modification on a steel wire, then, assembling CNT thin films on the steel wire, and preparing the modified array steel wire into the CNT assembled thin film modified steel wire array electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: QINGDAO UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Jianlin Luo, Zuquan Jin, Xueqing Zhu, Jigang Zhang
  • Patent number: 11545785
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a connector assembly. The connector assembly includes a wire-end connector. The wire-end connector includes a wafer, a shield plate and a twin-ax cable. The wafer includes a frame and a terminal group. The terminal group is supported by the frame. The terminal group includes a signal terminal pair and a ground plate. The ground plate includes a ground terminal on both sides of the signal terminal pair. The shield plate is electrically connected to the ground plate. The shield plate includes an opening that penetrates the shield plate. The twin-ax cable includes a pair of conductors and a ground portion. The pair of conductors extend into the opening of the shield plate and are electrically connected to the signal terminal pair. The ground portion electrically connects at least one of the shield plate and the ground plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Yih-Ping Chua, Yueh-Ting Chiang
  • Patent number: 11545786
    Abstract: A cable card assembly includes a circuit card having a substrate including mating pads at a mating end and cable pads at a cable end. The circuit card has a ground plane. Cables are terminated to the circuit card at the cable end each having signal conductors, an insulator surrounding the signal conductors, and a ground conductor surrounding the insulator. Cable shields are terminated to the ground plane providing electrical shielding for the corresponding cables. Each cable shield includes an end wall between first and second side walls to form a cable cavity. The end wall has a connecting portion between the first and second side walls and a shroud portion extending from the connecting portion covering a portion of the ground conductor. The shroud portion is curved to follow a curvature of the ground conductor and extend along opposite sides of the ground conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GmbH
    Inventors: Yujie He, Bruce Allen Champion, Jeff Swartzbaugh, James Charles Shiffer
  • Patent number: 11536918
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a heat dissipation module with a first end and a second end opposed to the first end and two receptacle connectors located at the second end. The first and second ends define a transceiver-mating direction such that, when a transceiver is inserted into the first end of the heat dissipation module in the transceiver-mating direction, the transceiver mates with one of the two receptacle connectors, and in the heat dissipation module, air flows parallel to the transceiver-mating direction between the first and second ends and flows between the two receptacle connectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: SAMTEC, INC.
    Inventors: Eric J. Zbinden, Thomas A. Hall, III
  • Patent number: 11462868
    Abstract: Connector carriers (e.g., connector carousels) for use with electronic device processing kiosks, such as mobile phone recycling kiosks, are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a connector carrier includes a chassis and a plurality of electrical connectors fixedly positioned around a periphery of the chassis. In operation, the connector carrier is configured to rotate about a central axis to position a selected one of the electrical connectors in a first position adjacent to an inspection area of the kiosk, and then move toward the inspection area to move the selected electrical connector from the first position to a second position in which a user can connect a mobile phone to the electrical connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: ecoATM, LLC
    Inventors: Babak Forutanpour, Jeffrey Ploetner, Robert O'Neil, Neil Vesco
  • Patent number: 11355889
    Abstract: A cover assembly includes a protective cover having an impedance control structure and a plurality of electrical conductors conducting electrical signals of a high-frequency data transmission. The electrical conductors extend through the protective cover in a transmission direction and are overlappingly bonded to each other at a bond location located within the protective cover. The impedance control structure adjusts an impedance of the bond location to a predefined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignees: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH, TE Connectivity India Private Limited
    Inventors: Bert Bergner, Sundareshan M D, Gururaj A. Hiremath
  • Patent number: 11355875
    Abstract: A dual-row cable structure is applied to a first circuit board and a second circuit board. A board-to-board connector is on the first circuit board, and the first circuit board includes a first group of contacts and a second group of contacts. An electrical connector is on the second circuit board. The second circuit board includes a third group of contacts and a fourth group of contacts. The dual-row cable structure includes a wire assembly including high-speed signal wires, low-speed signal wires, one or more power wires, and one or more ground wires. The high-speed signal wires are connected to the first group of contacts. The low-speed signal wires, the power wire, and the ground wire are respectively connected to the second group of contacts. The third group of contacts and the fourth group of contacts are respectively connected to the other end of the wire assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: ADVANCED-CONNECTEK INC.
    Inventors: Wen-Yu Wang, Ji-Zhou Li, Ming-Yung Chang, Tzu-Hao Li
  • Patent number: 11316303
    Abstract: A high frequency connector includes a case, a circuit board, a component protecting member and a cable. The circuit board is configured in the case and includes an electronic component and a plurality of solder pads. The component protecting member includes a case body and is configured on the circuit board. One side of the case body has an opening, and a containing space is formed between the opening and the inner face of the case body. A crossing structure is formed by the outer surface of the other side of the case body. When the component protecting member is configured on the circuit board, the component protecting member covers the electronic component in the containing space to maintain the transmission characteristics of the electronic component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: JESS-LINK PRODUCTS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shih Yao Chiang, Chieh-Ming Cheng
  • Patent number: 11283213
    Abstract: Cable connection systems allow for an electrosurgical return electrode to be simultaneously connected to multiple ESUs. The cable connection systems can include individual return cables for simultaneous connection to each of the ESUs. The cable connection system can also include a junction that joins, connects, or associates the return cables in a manner that allows for the multiple ESU cables to be electrically connected to the return electrode at a single connection point on the return electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Megadyne Medical Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael D. Ehninger, Paul R. Borgmeier, Darcy W. Greep
  • Patent number: 11196220
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulating body having a mating slot, which has a first inner wall and a second inner wall facing each other vertically. A ground terminal is fixed to the insulating body, and has a first contact portion exposed on a higher surface of the first inner wall. A grounding member has a second contact portion and a third contact portion both exposed on a lower surface of the first inner wall. The second contact portion is located closer to the second inner wall relative to the higher surface. In a vertical direction, the third contact portion is located farther away from the second inner wall relative to the higher surface. The second contact portion is grounded and conductively connected to the first electrical component inside the mating slot to form a first ground loop. The first contact portion is conductively connected to the first ground loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: LINTES TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Jin Yi Tu, Shih Chi Kuan, Yu Chien Lin
  • Patent number: 11196213
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a cable end connector comprising a plugging member, a plurality of cables, an insulating body, a latch component, and two positioning bumps. The insulating body comprises a plugging surface, a first surface and a connecting surface. The plugging member protrudes from the plugging surface. One ends of the plurality of cables pass through the connecting surface. The first surface comprises a latch accommodating groove comprising a buckling hole. The latch component is disposed in the latch accommodating groove. The latch component comprises a first latch plate and a second latch plate opposite to the first latch plate. The first latch plate comprises a buckling elastic sheet. The buckling elastic sheet is disposed in the buckling hole. The second latch plate comprises a buckling bump. The two positioning bumps are oppositely disposed on the plugging surface and are disposed on a side edge of the plugging surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: DONGGUAN LUXSHARE TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD
    Inventors: XueHai Shen, RongZhe Guo, HongJi Chen
  • Patent number: 11177598
    Abstract: A full-shielding cable connector includes an insulated body, a metal frame, a shielding conductive body, and a pull rod. The insulated body has a plurality of terminal slots for receiving a plurality of terminals, respectively. The metal frame is fixed to the insulated body. The metal frame has pins that are electrically connected to a grounding circuit of a circuit board. The shielding conductive body is detachably assembled to the insulated body and arranged above the metal frame. The shielding conductive body has a cable receiving chamber for receiving a cable, and contacts a top and bottom surface of the cable. The pull rod is rotatable with respect to the shielding conductive body. The pull rod can be rotated to a front end of the insulated body to be fastened thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: BELLWETHER ELECTRONIC CORP.
    Inventor: Yung-Liang Chi
  • Patent number: 11029368
    Abstract: A test point adaptor for coaxial cables includes a main body, a test body, and a cap. The main body has a first longitudinal axis and includes a first end comprising a first interface, a second end comprising a second interface, and a first center conductor extending at least from the first interface to the second interface. The test body has a second longitudinal axis arranged transversely to the main body and includes an outer conductive sleeve, a test body end comprising a third interface, an electrically conductive contact member in electrical contact with the first center conductor, and a gripping arrangement electrically coupled with the electrically conductive contact member. The third interface includes a conical contact surface of the outer conductive sleeve. The cap includes a sleeve configured to matingly engage an outer surface of the outer conductive sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: PPC BROADBAND, INC.
    Inventors: Kim Eriksen, Noah Montena
  • Patent number: 11018381
    Abstract: An interconnect board (ICB) assembly is used with a battery module and a battery controller. The ICB assembly includes a printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) integrally formed from a printed circuit board (PCB) and a flex circuit. The PCB has a component surface populated with electronic components which measure and report parameters of the battery module to the battery controller. The flex circuit is constructed of conductive foil, and defines tabular flying leads that project from a periphery of the flex circuit. A window may be present in the flex circuit. A carrier frame has a support surface flanked by busbars. The PCBA is seated on the support surface, with the flying leads conductively joined to a corresponding busbar. A battery system includes the battery controller and the ICB assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventor: Evan J. Dawley
  • Patent number: 10950969
    Abstract: A ganged coaxial connector assembly comprises a male connector including: a male connector body; and a plurality of unit male connectors arranged in the male connector body, wherein each unit male connector includes an inner contact, an outer contact and a dielectric spacer. The ganged coaxial connector assembly further comprises a female connector including: a female connector body; and a plurality of unit female connectors arranged in the female connector body, wherein the number of the unit female connectors is the same as that of the unit male connectors, and each unit female connector corresponds to each unit male connector when the male connector and female connector are mated, and wherein each unit female connector includes an inner contact, an outer contact and a dielectric spacer. The female connector may be formed with structures for push-pull, ball and groove attachment or alternatively for threaded sleeve attachment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: JianPing Wu, Yujun Zhang, Jien Zheng
  • Patent number: 10944214
    Abstract: A cable termination that provides low signal distortion even at high frequencies. Conductive elements of the cable are fused to edges of signal conductors in a cable connector or other component terminating the cable. For terminating a differential pair, the conductive elements of the cable may be terminated to opposing edges of a pair of signal conductors in the cable termination. The conductive elements may be shaped such that the spacing between signal paths passing through the conductive elements of the cable and into the signal conductors of the cable termination is uniform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Amphenol Corporation
    Inventors: Mark W. Gailus, Allan Astbury, David Manter, Marc B. Cartier, Jr., Vysakh Sivarajan, John Robert Dunham
  • Patent number: 10944230
    Abstract: It is aimed to provide a circuit board connector and a circuit board connector manufacturing method capable of enabling molding by a small-size molding apparatus by performing insert molding in three stages. A circuit board connector (1) includes a case resin portion 2, a connector resin portion 3 having a base (31) and a tower (32) and connector terminals (6A, 6B and 6C). The connector resin portion (3) includes core resin portions (4A, 4B and 4C) for covering intermediate parts (63) of the connector terminals (6A, 6B and 6C) and an outer resin portion (5) for covering the core resin portions (4A, 4B and 4C). A resin material constituting the case resin portion (2) is joined to a resin material constituting the outer resin portion (5) by resin molding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Inventor: Yui Ito
  • Patent number: 10939555
    Abstract: A grid array connector system is provided that includes cables connected to pedestals that are mounted on a board. The cables include conductors that are connected to support vias positioned in openings in the board and the conductors are connected to the support vias. The board includes signal pads and ground pads that allow the grid array connector system to be connected to other pads provided on a mating surface in a compact manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Brian Keith Lloyd, Bruce Reed, Gregory Walz, Colby Waggener, Chitaou Tsai
  • Patent number: 10741973
    Abstract: An electrical cable connector comprising an insulating housing, a plurality of conductive contacts arranged on the insulating housing to be connected respectively with cables, and an outer shell member attached to the insulating housing, wherein the insulating housing is provided with a cable supporting portion reinforced with an inner shell member for supporting the cables connected respectively with the conductive contacts and the outer shell member includes a concealing portion for covering a portion of the insulating housing on which the conductive contacts are arranged, a strip-shaped portion for surrounding partially the insulating housing for coming into resilient contact with a mate electrical connector and a linking portion extending from the concealing portion to be linked with the inner shell member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: DAI-ICHI SEIKO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenji Yufu, Takao Yamauchi
  • Patent number: 10658803
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an adapter (1) for a coaxial connector assembly (2) comprising a tubular outer conductor (3) and a pin-shaped inner conductor (4) both extending in a mounted position in a longitudinal direction (z) and a spacer (5) which in the mounted position is arranged inside the outer conductor (3) encompassing the inner conductor (4) at least partially and by which the inner conductor (4) is positioned with respect to the outer conductor (3). The spacer (5) comprises a first half (5a) and a second half (5b) which are interconnectable to each other along a separation plane extending in the longitudinal direction (z), wherein the first and/or the second half (5a, 5b) comprise at least one holding means (6) to hold the inner conductor (4) in the mounted position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: HUBER+SUHNER AG
    Inventor: Martin Gartmann
  • Patent number: 10637185
    Abstract: A connector includes: an electrical connection part to be electrically connected to a counterpart terminal and an electric wire connection part to be electrically connected to a terminal of an electric wire; a housing body that is insulative, houses the electrical connection part in an inward housing space and causes the electric wire connection part to project outward; a first shielding member that is conductive and includes a main shield body that covers the housing body from the outside, and a sub-shield body having a tubular shape that covers the electric wire connection part and the terminal of the electric wire We from the outside for each terminal metal fitting; and a second shielding member having a tubular shape, electrical conductivity, and elasticity that covers, from the outside, an end part on an opening side of the sub-shield body together with the electric wire pulled out from the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuki Mori
  • Patent number: 10608392
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly including a plug electrical connector and a receptacle electrical connector is provided. The plug electrical connector includes a first structural member and a plurality of first terminals, and the first terminals are disposed in the first structural member. The receptacle electrical connector includes a second structural member and a plurality of second terminals, and the second terminals are disposed in the second structural member. The first structural member is adapted for docking with the second structural member such that the first terminals are correspondingly inserted and electrically connected to the second terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Advanced Connectek Inc.
    Inventors: Shu-Lin Duan, Wei Wan, Hua-Yan Wu
  • Patent number: 10498085
    Abstract: An electrical device includes a molded interconnect substrate having a top surface and a bottom surface, the substrate having a mold component and a laser direct structuring component. A conductive circuit is formed along the top surface having one or more signal contacts and one or more ground contacts. The electrical device includes a communication cable having a differential pair of signal conductors and a grounding element. The communication cable has a cable jacket surrounding the signal conductors and the grounding element. Each signal conductor has a wire-terminating end that is coupled to a corresponding signal contact, the wire-terminating end projecting beyond a jacket edge of the cable jacket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Gustaf Emil Dill, III
  • Patent number: 10454222
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing, a plurality of contacts retained in the housing, a metallic shielding shell, and a cable sub-assembly. The contact includes a front mating section and a rear connecting section. The cable sub-assembly includes a plurality of wires and a grounding unit. The wire includes an inner/transmission conductor, an inner insulator, an outer/grounding conductor/layer, and an outer insulator sequentially coaxially arranged with one another. The connecting sections of the contacts are mechanically and electrically connected to the inner conductors of the corresponding wires. The grounding unit includes a grounding bar mechanically and electrically connected to the grounding layers of the corresponding wires and with forwardly extending legs for connection to the shielding shell. Also included is a central shielding plate with extensions at opposite ends for connection to the grounding bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignees: FOXCONN (KUNSHAN) COMPUTER CONNECTOR CO., LTD., FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Xiao-Xiang Wu, Wei Zhong, Jian-Kuang Zhu
  • Patent number: 10367306
    Abstract: A communication connector (30) includes terminals (31) to be connected to wires (12 to 18), including first wires (12, 13) and second wires (14, 15) capable of faster communication than the first wires (12, 13). The wires (12 to 18) form first and second wire rows (22A, 22B). A housing (35) accommodates the terminals (31). A conductive wire holding member (40) holds relative positions of the second wires (14, 15) on one end of the first wire row (22A) in an arrangement direction and the second wires (14, 15) on an opposite end of the second wire row (22B). The wire holding member (40) has dividing members (41A, 41B) configured to surround the second wires (14, 15) when the dividing members (41A, 41B) are assembled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Rhushik Matroja
  • Patent number: 10243290
    Abstract: An electric connector for mounting on a printed circuit board and for establishing electrical contact with a counterpart connector comprises a main contact for establishing electrical contact with a contact of the counterpart connector, and a PCB connection band for attaching to the printed circuit board that is electrically coupled to the main contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: ROHDE & SCHWARZ GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Dirk Fehse
  • Patent number: 10236637
    Abstract: A communication connector includes a wires (11, 12, 13, 14) for transmitting communication signals, terminals (20) to be connected to the respective wires (11, 12, 13, 14), a housing (30) for accommodating the terminals (20) and an insulation coating (15) for collectively covering the wires (11, 12, 13, 14). An end part of each wire (11, 12, 13, 14) on the side of the terminal (20) is exposed and not covered with the insulation coating (15). A conductive first shield member (61) is interposed between two adjacent wires (11A, 11B) and the insulation coating (15), and a conductive second shield member (62) surrounds exposed parts (19A, 19B) of the wires (11A, 11B). The first and second shield members (61, 62) are connected electrically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroyoshi Maesoba
  • Patent number: 10170862
    Abstract: An electrical device includes a circuit board having upper signal contacts and at least one upper ground contact along an upper surface of the circuit board. The electrical device also includes a communication cable including a differential pair of signal conductors, a shield layer that surrounds the signal conductors, a drain wire electrically coupled with the shield layer, and a cable jacket that surrounds the shield layer and the drain wire. Each of the signal conductors has a wire-terminating end engaged to a corresponding signal contact of the circuit board. The wire-terminating ends project beyond a jacket edge of the cable jacket. An upper ground-terminating component electrically couples to the upper ground contact having a main panel with a connective terminal electrically coupled to the drain wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kevin Edward Weidner, Tracy Lee Smith
  • Patent number: 10164394
    Abstract: A contact ribbon configured to connect a cable to a substrate includes a plurality of signal contacts, a ground plane, and at least one ground contact extending from the ground plane. The plurality of signal contacts are connected by a support member, and the support member is removable after the plurality of signal contacts are connected to the cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: SAMTEC, INC.
    Inventors: Keith R. Guetig, Brian R. Vicich, Andrew R. Collingwood, Travis S. Ellis
  • Patent number: 10111319
    Abstract: A cable connection board includes a signal layer disposed inside a board, a first layer and a second layer disposed inside the board with the signal layer being interposed therebetween, a cable coupled to the board so as to extend to a first surface of the board, a first solder joint portion that joins an outer conductor included in the cable and the first layer to each other, and a second solder joint portion that joins a front end of an inner conductor included in the cable and the signal layer to each other in the board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Satoshi Ohsawa, Yasushi Masuda, Hiroyuki Muroi
  • Patent number: 10065342
    Abstract: When forming molded resin on a terminal-equipped conductive wire, cases where resin inside the mold for insert-molding leaks out from the mold are suppressed. A smooth portion having a smooth outer circumferential surface is formed in a conductive wire of a terminal-equipped conductive wire (smooth portion formation step (S2)). Furthermore, a molded resin member that covers the terminal connection portion is formed in a state where the terminal connection portion provided is inserted into an insert-molding mold, and a portion of the conductive wire that extends from a metal terminal is exposed to the outside through an opening portion of the mold (insert-molding step (S3)). The outer shape of the smooth portion is a shape that corresponds to the opening shape of the opening portion of the mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiya Hirooka, Kouji Fukumoto, Daisuke Hashimoto, Jisung Kim, Kenji Miyamoto, Mitsuru Hirose, Hitoshi Horio
  • Patent number: 9934881
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a non-metallic light conductive wire, a composite conductive wire, a special cable, a motor and the like application products made of the conductive wire, and a method of making the composite conductive wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Chunming Niu, Chong Xie, Yonghong Cheng
  • Patent number: 9843135
    Abstract: A connector mountable to a main printed circuit board (PCB) includes at least one carrier, at least one cable mounted to the at least one carrier, and an interposer that routes signals and ground connections between the at least one cable and the main PCB when the connector is mounted to the main PCB. The at least one cable is vertically mounted in the connector such that the at least one cable is perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to a mounting surface of the main PCB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: SAMTEC, INC.
    Inventors: Keith R. Guetig, John R. Cummings, Stephen P. Koopman
  • Patent number: 9812823
    Abstract: A connector including a shield case including a first shell and a second shell, a body housed in the shield case, and a terminal held by the body. The first shell includes a connecting portion of tuboid shape extending in a first direction, and a cover extending in the first direction contiguously from the connecting portion. The second shell is a separate member from the first shell and attached to the cover. The second shell and the cover constitute a composite tube extending in a second direction, which is orthogonal to the first direction, or in an oblique direction, which includes components of the first and second directions. The terminal includes a first portion, which extends in the first direction and is disposed inside the connecting portion, and a second portion, which extends in the second direction or the oblique direction and is disposed inside the composite tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: HOSIDEN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuta Kawakami, Takayuki Nagata
  • Patent number: 9793661
    Abstract: A differential pin to RF adaptor includes a center conductor contact with an RF connector on one end and a signal contact on the other end. An insulating sleeve surrounds the central contact. A reference contact surrounds the insulating sleeve. The signal pin of the differential pair interfaces with the center conductor contact of the RF connector. The adaptor is structured to slide down over a pair of pins/leads so that the reference contact abuts a circuit board attached to the pins. The pins/leads are shielded all the way to the circuit board, which shields/isolates the pins from common mode and other types of interference. The adaptor maintains the shape of the signal pin and the reference pin during testing. The adaptor maintains a fixed impedance of the pins, which reduces or eliminates uncontrolled impedance and hence preserves system frequency response and reduces/eliminates erroneous ripple currents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Tektronix, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Mende, Gary W. Reed, James D. Pileggi, Karl A. Rinder, Richard A. Booman
  • Patent number: 9755378
    Abstract: A cable connector comprising a connector body, a compression member operably connected to a second end of the connector body, the compression member including a compression portion having a forward facing surface, wherein the compression portion protrudes from an inner surface of the compression member, wherein, when the compression member is slidably axially compressed within the connector body, the compression portion of the compression member compresses an inner sleeve into crimping engagement with a coaxial cable is provided. An associated method is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: PPC Broadband, Inc.
    Inventors: Randall A. Holliday, Jimmy Yao
  • Patent number: 9674964
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for connecting a coaxial (or a micro coaxial) cable to the bottom side of a printed circuit board (PCB) in order to improve signal integrity of a test circuit. A coaxial or a micro coaxial cable is directly connected to a coaxial cable to the bottom sides of pads located on an exterior later of the PCB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Abacus Finance Group LLC
    Inventor: James V Russell
  • Patent number: 9583900
    Abstract: A plug connector includes a front housing, a first and a second terminal module each including an insulator insert molded with terminals. The front housing defines a rear wall, a front mating cavity opening forwards, and a plurality of terminal passageways running through the rear wall in a front and rear direction and the front housing in a vertical direction a first terminal module, The terminals comprising contacting portions received in the corresponding terminal passageways. The shell fitly encloses the front housing and the insulators. The front housing unitarily defines a plurality of protection flanges, each protection flange is located above a front end of each terminal passageway and each contacting section is located inside the protection flange thereby ensuring the contacting sections separating from the shell during the contacting sections are pushed outwards by an insertion of a mating receptacle connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Chih-Pi Cheng, Wen He, Qi-Jin Yi, Feng Zeng
  • Patent number: 9559467
    Abstract: An connector assembly includes a male connector (100) having a male housing (10) and a plurality of male contacts (12); and a female connector (200) for mating with said male connector including a female housing (20) and a plurality of female contacts (21) retained in said female housing. Each female contact defines a pair of mating plates (211) spaced away from each other for said male contact locating therebetween. Each pair of said mating plates (211) have a pair of spring leaves (22) connecting therewith and defining a plurality of spring fingers (221) resiliently clamping the corresponding male contact (12) therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Kamyar Khorrami, Samuel Mace, Michael McKee
  • Patent number: 9496662
    Abstract: A flappable plug connector and a complementary receptacle connector are provided wherein the plug connector defining a mating tongue, is made with a pair of insert molding housings which are associated with the contacts thereof, commonly sandwiching a paddle card therebetween with a pair of power contacts exposed on two opposite lateral sides to form a sub-assembly. The corresponding receptacle connector defines a receiving cavity to receive the mating tongue of the plug connector. The plug connector defines a V-Bus clip surrounding the mating tongue for power transfer and the receptacle connector includes a pair of deflectable power contacts by two sides of the receiving cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Terrance F. Little, Jim Zhao, Chih-Pi Cheng, Chun-Yi Chang, Stephen Sedio
  • Patent number: 9490581
    Abstract: Connector inserts having contacts with a high-impedance for good signal integrity and low insertion loss, a pleasant physical appearance, and that may be reliably manufactured. One example may provide connector inserts having signal contacts with a high impedance in order to improve signal integrity to allow high data rates. Another may provide connector inserts having a pleasant appearance by providing features to prevent light gaps from occurring between a plastic tip at a front of the connector insert and a connector insert shield. Another may provide reliable manufacturing by crimping a cap used to secure a cable to a connector insert with a multi-section die, where contacting surfaces of the die include various points or peaks along their surface. These points may effectively wrinkle or jog the perimeter of the cap, thereby reducing the dimensions of a cross-section of the cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan N. Ng, Zheng Gao, Mahmoud R. Amini, Min Chul Kim, Colin J. Abraham
  • Patent number: 9490598
    Abstract: A terminal connection portion of a bus bar includes a first locking portion and a second locking portion. An electric connection plate portion of a connecting terminal, a rear end portion of which is fixed to an end portion of an electric wire, is curved and convex in a direction facing the terminal connection portion, and a first engaging portion formed at a distal end portion is locked by the first locking portion. A second engaging portion formed on a wire fixing side is locked by the second locking portion in a state in which the electric connection plate portion is pressed on the terminal connection portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinya Onoda, Motofumi Kato
  • Patent number: 9490579
    Abstract: A receptacle connector assembly includes an insulative housing defining base with a mating tongue forwardly extending therefrom in a front-to-back direction, a plurality of contacts disposed in the housing with contacting sections exposed upon the mating tongue, a metallic shield enclosing the housing to define a capsular mating cavity in which the mating tongue is disposed and a metallic shielding plate embedded within the mating tongue and defining a pair of lateral edge sections. The metallic shield defines an identification protrusion extending into the mating cavity so as to preclude from mating with a standard plug connector, which has a contour compliant with said capsular mating cavity, but with a customized plug connector which also has a contour compliant with said capsular mating cavity and further with a corresponding slot to receive said identification protrusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Terrance F. Little, Chih-Pi Cheng, Yuan Zhang
  • Patent number: 9484672
    Abstract: An adapter having a first electrical interface and a second electrical interface which each have contact elements for transmitting data (data contact elements) and for transmitting electric supply energy (supply contact elements), the contact elements of the first interface being connected to the corresponding contact elements of the second interface via conductors. A first supply contact element of the first interface is connected to two first supply contact elements of the second interface and a second supply contact element of the first interface is connected to a second supply contact element of the second interface, the second supply contact element of the second interface being in the form of an external conductor surrounding the other contact elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: Rosenberger Hochfrequenztechnik GmbH & Co, KG
    Inventors: Johannes Maier, Volker Pangritz
  • Patent number: 9461420
    Abstract: It is aimed to provide a connector holder enabling a connector for connecting a coaxial cable and a connector for connecting a wire different in type from the coaxial cable to commonly use a panel hole. A connector holder (10) integrally includes a first fixing portion (20) to which a first connector (50) for connecting a coaxial cable (C) and second fixing portions (40) to which second connectors for connecting wires (W) different in type from the coaxial cable (C) are to be fixed. According to this configuration, the first connector (50) for connecting the coaxial cable (C) and the second connectors for connecting the wires (W) different in type from the coaxial cable (C) are fixed to one panel hole via one connector holder (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Masanori Hirota
  • Patent number: 9444189
    Abstract: Pluggable connector includes a module body having a mating plug that is configured to be inserted into a receptacle assembly during a mating operation. The mating plug has first and second plug sides that face in opposite directions and a front edge that joins the first and second plug sides. The pluggable connector also includes a plurality of signal contacts that are positioned along the first and second plug sides and a ground plate disposed within the mating plug. The ground plate is positioned between the signal contacts along the first plug side and the signal contacts along the second plug side. The pluggable connector also includes a plurality of resonance-control blades disposed within the mating plug and extending between the ground plate and at least one of the first plug side or the second plug side. The resonance-control blades have edge projections that engage the ground plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Steve Douglas Sattazahn, Matthew Ryan Schmitt, Bruce Allen Champion, Brandon Michael Matthews
  • Patent number: 9431729
    Abstract: A contact includes: a cable connection portion that is connected to a signal line in an exterior cable; a fixed portion that is extended toward a front edge of the contact from the cable connection portion, and fixed to an exterior connector cover; and a connector connection portion that is extended toward the front edge of the contact from the fixed portion, and connected to a conductor of an exterior connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventor: Takahiro Kondo