Sealing Patents (Class 439/587)
  • Patent number: 10276972
    Abstract: A power connector may comprise a first connecting member and a second connecting member. The first connecting member has a plurality of first terminals, and a connecting base formed at an end of the second connecting member comprises a plurality of L-shaped slots thereon, and each of the L-shaped slots has a second terminal secured therein. When the first terminals and the second terminals are connected, the first connecting member and the second connecting member are electrically connected. The other end of the second connecting member has a first base which comprises a connecting surface and an assembling surface, and a second frame protruding from the assembling surface has a first housing therein. A cover is disposed in the first housing, and an outer periphery of the cover has a first packing groove filled with a hot-melt adhesive layer to achieve sealing effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: Avertronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Austin Lai, Chi-I Lai, Chung Jen Chang
  • Patent number: 10256591
    Abstract: A housing (11) of a connector (10) includes a base (11a) composed of a core portion (14) and an upper end covering (17) of a resin molded portion (15) covering an upper end surface (14a) of the core (14). Metal terminals (12) are embedded in the housing (11) penetrate through the core (14) and the upper end covering (17) in the base portion (11a), and tips (12a) thereof project out of the base (11a) from a surface (17a) of the upper end covering portion (17). First recesses (14b) are formed between the metal terminals (12) on an upper end contact surface (14a) of the core (14) with the upper end covering (17).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventor: Takeshi Misu
  • Patent number: 10205269
    Abstract: A waterproof connector includes tabs (22) extending forward from terminal bodies (21) of male terminal fittings (20) with their centers higher than centers (21C) of the terminal bodies (21) in a height direction. A housing (10) has terminal accommodation chambers (12) for accommodating the terminal bodies (21) and connecting portions (23). A one-piece rubber plug (40) is in a rear part of the housing (10) and has seal holes (41). A rear holder (60) is behind the rubber plug (40) and has through holes (61) communicating with the seal holes (41). Inner peripheral lips (43F, 43R) on an inner periphery of each seal hole (41) closely contact an outer periphery of a wire (30) in a liquid-tight manner with the terminal body (21) and a front part (30F) of the wire (30) accommodated in the terminal accommodation chamber (12). The axes of through holes (61are lower than the axes of terminal accommodation chambers (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventor: Masanori Hirota
  • Patent number: 10205252
    Abstract: A structure for connecting a crimp terminal and an electric wire includes: a crimp terminal that includes a conductor crimping portion and a coating crimping portion serially and includes an electric wire connector that is to be crimped to the electric wire; and a water stop sheet having an opening for bringing a conductor into contact with the conductor crimping portion, and laid between the electric wire connector and the electric wire. When a joint is swaged and crimped, the swaged and crimped joint has a second included angle ?2 between the bottom plate and a second line that is larger than a first included angle ?1 between the bottom plate and a first line in a cross section that is perpendicular to a bottom plate of the electric wire connector and that includes an electric wire axial line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Aoki, Kazuto Ohtaka
  • Patent number: 10181676
    Abstract: A male connector (1) includes a housing (10) made of resin, a male terminal (11) formed into a tubular shape and filled with resin (20B) inside, and a resin cap (12) for covering a distal end on a front side of the male terminal (11) in a connecting direction. A communication port (11D) is provided in a part of the male terminal (11) embedded in the housing (10). Resin (20A) constituting the housing (10) and resin (20B) are integrated via the communication port (11D), and the resin (20B) and resin (20C) constituting the resin cap (12) are integrated via an opening (11E) of the male terminal (11) on the front side in the connecting direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shiro Nishida, Seido Nishijima
  • Patent number: 10164371
    Abstract: A waterproof connector includes male terminals (20) each of which has a box-shaped body (21) and a tab-shaped contact (22) that projects forward from a front end of a box-shaped body (21). The connector also has an outer housing (40) and an inner housing (30) accommodated in the outer housing (40). A terminal accommodating portion (34) is formed in the inner housing (30). A retainer (70) is mounted into the terminal accommodating portion (34) and includes a lock (71) configured to lock rear ends of the bodies (21) accommodated in the terminal accommodating portion (34). A seal seals the interior of the outer housing (40). The retainer (70) includes a releasing portion (72) projecting forward of the terminal accommodating portion (34). The inner housing (30) includes a protection wall (38) between the contact portions (22) of the male terminals (20) and the releasing portion (71).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventor: Teruo Hara
  • Patent number: 10128641
    Abstract: A cable spacer (200) for managing cable work in particular in machinery having a rotatable part. The spacer is capable of receiving at least part of a cable bundle to ensure that a clearance or distance between the cables is maintained even during torsion or other motion of the cable bundle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Martinus Antonius Maria Cuppen, Walter Peter Bleyen, Wilhelmus Gerardus Theodorus Lommen
  • Patent number: 10116085
    Abstract: A connector assembly includes a connector body defining a cylindrical terminal cavity, an elongate conductor, such as an electrical cable, having one end terminated within the first terminal cavity, and a cylindrical first seal axially surrounding a portion of the first conductor. The seal defines a compliant primary sealing ring that is in compressive contact with an inner wall of the terminal cavity. The first seal further defines an elongate frustoconical sleeve. The connector assembly also includes a seal retainer that is attached to the connector body. The seal retainer defines an elongate frustoconical retainer cavity configured to receive first sleeve. At least a portion of the sleeve is in compressive contact an inner surface of the retainer cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Francisco Javier O. Quinteros, Jose Eduardo R. Mares
  • Patent number: 10096956
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulating housing, a plurality of conductive terminals fastened to the insulating housing, and a shielding element surrounding the insulating housing. The insulating housing has at least one docking surface. Each of the plurality of the conductive terminals has an extending portion. A surface of the extending portion of each of the plurality of the conductive terminals forms an insulation layer. The shielding element has a base body. At least one portion of a front surface of the base body protrudes frontward to form at least one sealing board attached to a rear of the at least one docking surface. The insulation layer of the extending portion of each of the plurality of the conductive terminals is exposed to the at least one docking surface, and is adjacent to and projects beyond a front surface of the at least one sealing board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: CHENG UEI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yun Wu, Chao-Yong Ye, Kai-Hsiang Chang
  • Patent number: 10074930
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a terminal module, a shielding shell surrounding the terminal module to form a mating cavity opening forwardly and a waterproof member disposed at a rear side of the mating cavity. The terminal module has an insulative housing and a plurality of conductive terminals retained in the insulative housing. The insulative housing has a base portion and a mating portion extending forwardly from the base portion. The shielding shell has a metallic shell and a waterproof shell formed integrally with the metallic shell by insert molding. The mating portion extends into the mating cavity. The waterproof shell defines an opening to which the waterproof member is exposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Zhi-Hui Zhu, Da-Wei Zhang, Shu-Jian Wang, Yen-Chih Chang, Ming-Guang Bai
  • Patent number: 10038271
    Abstract: A connector includes a housing 10 to be connected to a mating connector, and two conductive unit. Each conductive unit includes a terminal, a wire 43, and an inner conductive member 40 for electrically connecting the terminal and the wire 43. A fixing portion 17 to which the inner conductive members 40 are to be fixed is provided inside the housing 10, one of the inner conductive members 40 is fixed on one side in an arrangement direction of two wires 43 in the housing 10 and the other inner conductive member 40 is fixed on the other side. Each of the two inner conductive members 40 is fixed to the fixing portion 17 by a bolt 22, 23 extending in the arrangement direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyokazu Sakaguchi, Kensaku Takata
  • Patent number: 10034705
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to electrode assemblies, and specifically to struts comprising electrode assemblies and electrodes contained on the struts. The electrode assembly struts are constructed to have a low profile and to have superior strength over the length of the strut such that an electrode assembly including the strut is highly resistant to radial compression. The electrodes included on the low profile, high strength strut also is designed to have a reduced profile such that electrode assemblies including the strut and electrode can easily be used with 6 French and smaller guide catheter assemblies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Division, Inc.
    Inventors: John Jason Buysman, Ryan Kenneth Buesseler, Qingshan Ye, Victor Yevgenyevich Kotov, Gregory James Dakin, Russ Terwey, Janson Lee Ayer
  • Patent number: 10032545
    Abstract: A sealing element for sealing a housing opening in a housing, wherein the sealing element comprises at least one through-opening for the passage of an electrical cable into the housing. The sealing element is formed of a first subcomponent and a second subcomponent, the first subcomponent and the second subcomponent having a different hardness and the two subcomponents are made of silicone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Andreas Urbaniak, Hans Guenter Osthoff, Andreas Hahn, Ruediger Dietsch
  • Patent number: 10027052
    Abstract: A waterproof connection apparatus for electronic equipment includes: an approximately tubular outer case; a supporting portion accommodated in a wall form on a deep side of the outer case; a contact terminal supported by the supporting portion and introduced in the outer case; and a circumferential sealing portion provided at a position between the outer case and the supporting portion to seal a space between the outer case and the supporting portion. The sealing portion formed of an elastic material is provided so as to protrude outward from a portion of an outer circumferential surface of the supporting portion and the sealing portion is pressure-contacted to an inner surface of the outer case in a circumferential form in a state of press-fitting the protruding portion. In this way, it is possible to reliably prevent water from entering into the deep side of the outer case and to decrease the length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: EX COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: Shinya Yudate
  • Patent number: 10014613
    Abstract: An electrical chamber can include at least one wall forming a cavity, where the at least one wall includes a first end and a wall inner surface. The electrical chamber can also include a first isolation zone disposed on the inner surface at a first distance from the first end, where the first isolation zone is formed by a first proximal wall, a first distal wall, and a first isolation zone inner surface disposed between and adjacent to the first proximal wall and the first distal wall, where the first proximal wall forms a first angle with the first isolation zone inner surface, where the first distal wall forms a second angle with the first isolation zone inner surface, where the first angle is non-perpendicular. The cavity is configured to receive at least one electrical conductor. The cavity and the first isolation zone are configured to receive a potting compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventors: Eric Perry Cheney, Jesse Wade Taylor, Adam Douglas Ledgerwood
  • Patent number: 9991652
    Abstract: An electrical receptacle connector includes a terminal module received in a metallic shell. The terminal module includes a base portion and receptacle terminals held on the base portion. A notch is recessed from a periphery of an insertion opening of the metallic shell. Therefore, when the electrical receptacle connector is assembled in an electronic device, the periphery of the notch corresponds to the periphery of a cut opening of a housing of the electronic device. The periphery of the cut opening and the periphery of the notch are aligned along the same profile line, and the periphery of the notch does not protrude out of the cut opening. Therefore, the periphery of the insertion opening will not interfere with other components assembled with the housing, and the problem of that the conventional design cannot satisfy the design change of the housing of the electronic device can be solved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: ADVANCED-CONNECTEK INC.
    Inventors: Yu-Lun Tsai, Pin-Yuan Hou, Chung-Fu Liao, Long-Fei Chen, Yun-Jhong Wong, Hung-Yu Chen, Dong Xiang
  • Patent number: 9949394
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a motor vehicle internal combustion engine control apparatus which is constructed as a waterproof structure capable of having a long life while minimizing an increase in surface area of a case and a cover, thereby enabling miniaturization, decrease in cost, and increase in reliability to be satisfied. The motor vehicle internal combustion engine control apparatus is equipped with a substrate, a connector, and a case and cover which enclose the substrate, a waterproofing adhesive being disposed at a junction part between the cover and the case. Recessed portions are disposed at the junction part between the case and the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaru Kamoshida, Yoshinori Wakana
  • Patent number: 9917396
    Abstract: A device connector (10) is mounted into a mounting hole (C1) on a case (C) of a device in a vehicle, and includes terminals (50) connected to wires (W). A synthetic resin housing (30) includes a wire introducing portion (32) and a fitting portion (31). The wire introducing portion (32) receives the wires (W) and the terminals (50) while the fitting portion (31) fits into the mounting hole (C1). A metal shield shell (60) accommodates the wire introducing portion (32) and includes a lower shell (62) for covering the entire outer circumferential surface of the wire introducing portion (32). A seal ring (72) fits on an outer surface of the wire introducing portion (32) and seals between the lower shell (62) and the wire introducing portion (32). Water drainage holes (77) vertically penetrate a stepped portion (69) of the lower shell (62) above the seal ring (72).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kanji Horiuchi, Atsushi Okuda, Noriyuki Uematsu, Yoshitomo Tsujii
  • Patent number: 9865964
    Abstract: A connector (F) includes a housing (10), and terminal accommodating chambers (13) are formed in the housing (10). Terminal fittings (72) are fixed individually fixed to front end parts of the wires (71) and are inserted into the respective terminal accommodating chambers (13) from behind. Rubber plugs (61) are fit externally on the front end parts of the wires (71) and are configured to seal clearances between outer peripheries of the wires (71) and inner peripheries of the terminal accommodating chambers (13). Vibration damping rings (64) are formed on rear end parts of the rubber plugs (61). Vibration damping rings adjacent to each other are held resiliently held in contact with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Youjirou Hashimoto, Kazuo Nakai
  • Patent number: 9859626
    Abstract: A terminal assembly includes a terminal having a wire barrel configured to be crimped to a wire and a mating segment configured to be mated to a mating component. The terminal assembly includes a wire retention seal received in the wire barrel. The wire retention seal has a terminal mounting flange engaging the wire barrel to axially secure the wire retention seal to the terminal. The wire retention seal has a wire retention sleeve defining a wire bore configured to receive an end of the wire. The wire retention sleeve is configured to interfere with the wire to axially retain the wire retention seal on the end of the wire prior to crimping the wire barrel to the wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kyle Gary Annis, Kevin Michael Thackston, Albert Tsang, James Scott Showers, George E. Kell
  • Patent number: 9837728
    Abstract: A covered conductive wire is configured by covering a conductive wire with an insulating cover portion. The conductive wire is formed of an aluminum-based material, for example. A crimping portion includes a cover crimping portion for crimping the cover portion of the covered conductive wire, and a conductor crimping portion for crimping a portion of the conductive wire that is exposed when the cover portion is removed at the tip portion of the covered conductive wire. It is possible to use polyvinyl chloride and/or a non-halogen member, for example, for the cover portion of the covered conductive wire, and a plasticizer, filler, stabilizer, or the like is compounded as needed. A material that shrinks by a factor of 7% or less after being allowed to stand for 120 hours at a high temperature of 120° C. is used for this cover portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignees: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, INC., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasushi Kihara, Kyutaro Abe, Yukihiro Kawamura, Takashi Tonoike, Takahito Nakashima, Hiroshi Kobayashi, Hiroyasu Taga
  • Patent number: 9837806
    Abstract: A seal structure that includes: a multicore cable in which first to fourth electrical wires are enveloped by a sheath, the electrical wires extending out from an end portion of the sheath; a rubber plug through which the electrical wires pass, the rubber plug being fitted around the end portion of the sheath; a cap that is fitted around the rubber and presses the rubber plug inward; and a crimping member that is arranged adjacent to the rubber plug and is crimped around the sheath. The crimping member has a locking piece and a mating portion, and the cap has an extending piece and a receiving recession portion. Relative positions of the crimping member and the rubber plug are held by the mating portion of the locking piece and the receiving recession portion of the extending piece locking together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirokazu Komori, Tomoyuki Sakata, Makoto Higashikozono, Masato Tsutsuki
  • Patent number: 9814152
    Abstract: A case configured with a base and a cover watertightly contains a circuit board, and a connector housing having a diaphragm is mounted in the circuit board so that the inside and the outside of the case are electrically connected with each other; an outer ring-shaped circumferential wall is provided on the outer surface of the diaphragm, and a protrusion portion having first and second ventilation holes is provided at the side surface of the outer ring-shaped circumferential wall; one end of each of the first and second ventilation holes communicates with the outer surface portion of a water-repellent filter provided on the inner wall surface of the diaphragm, and the other end thereof communicates with the inside of a recess portion that is situated at a side of a mating connector and fits with the protrusion portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignees: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsunori Nishida, Osamu Nishizawa, Wataru Tamura, Keishi Jinno, Kouichi Ohyama
  • Patent number: 9793643
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a shell having a cavity configured to receive a complementary connector. The shell has a front end and a rear end and a circumferential channel in the cavity. The channel has an undercut defined by a seal retention flange extending circumferentially around the channel. A seal retainer is received in the cavity at the front end. The seal retainer has a front edge and a rear edge received in the channel. The rear edge of the seal retainer has an undercut defined by a seal retention flange. The seal retention flange of the seal retainer faces the seal retention flange of the shell across the channel to define a seal pocket. An O-ring seal is received in the seal pocket and is held in the seal pocket by the seal retention flanges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Dennis Craig Whitacre
  • Patent number: 9782851
    Abstract: A system and method for replaceable machine-mounted male input power connections includes a power connection unit that is at least partially arranged within a housing and configured to transfer power received from a power source to drive a welding process. The power connection unit includes an input configured to receive power from the power source, an output configured to deliver the power received at the input to drive the welding process, and a bus system, configured to connect the input and the output. The power connection unit also includes a male connector having a conductive post extending to a threaded cylindrical shaft. The male conductor forms at least a portion of the input or the output and extends from the housing through a coupling assembly. The coupling assembly includes a correspondingly threaded portion configured to engage the threaded cylindrical shaft of the male connector to the bus system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Paul William Garvey, Scott S. Liebert
  • Patent number: 9787014
    Abstract: A connector includes a terminal, a connector housing, and an engaging member. The terminal includes a cylindrical connecting section and a pair of uprise walls. The terminal is accommodated in a terminal accommodating chamber of the connector housing. The engaging member includes a terminal guide/engaging section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masanori Nagasawa
  • Patent number: 9781849
    Abstract: An electronic control device (10) includes a housing having a plurality of housing members (1) joined together, a housing vent hole (2) formed through the housing member (1) so as to extend in a thickness direction of the housing member, a protection wall (3) covering an outer opening (2b) of the housing vent hole (2), with a gap (3b) left between the protection wall (3) and the outer opening (2b), a protection-wall vent hole (3a) formed in the protection wall (3) at a position apart from the housing vent hole (2) so as to extend from the gap (3b) in a radial direction of the housing vent hole (2), and an air-permeable waterproof membrane (5) fixed to an inner opening (2a) of the housing vent hole (2). A vent passage (6) with a bent part (6a) is formed between the air-permeable waterproof membrane (5) and the protection-wall vent hole (3a).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiyasu Negishi, Hitoshi Furudate, Takayuki Fukuzawa, Kentaro Yamanaka
  • Patent number: 9757307
    Abstract: A safety-engineered, one-time use, syringe adaptor-connector system restricts access to medical vials and intravenous bags (e.g., common reservoirs) using a valve and providing a barrier to inserting a needle in the reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
    Inventors: Stephen Waller, Sara Ellen Wilson, Katrina Lynn McDaniel, Lisa Ann Clough, Joseph Soltys
  • Patent number: 9730349
    Abstract: Upon disposing the connector housing, thinning of the waterproof sealing material due to scraping is compensated by a replenishing end section of waterproof sealing material that is applied to the replenishing inclined surface sections. As a result, sealing performance is improved while allowing for a simple mold construction of the connector housing and the cover without the need for auxiliary seal grooves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuaki Nuriya, Mitsunori Nishida
  • Patent number: 9728888
    Abstract: Provided is a socket which hermetically seals a contact space in which plug-side contacts and socket-side contacts are in contact with each other by a small-scale simple structure. The socket includes an elastic seal member that surrounds one or a plurality of socket-side contacts, is fixed to an inner surface of an accommodation recess, and makes elastic contact with an exposure surface of a plug connection portion accommodated in the accommodation recess, a plug-side contact or contacts being exposed in the exposure surface. A contact space in which the plug-side contact(s) of the plug connection portion slid to a connection position in the accommodation recess and a contact portion or portions of the corresponding contact-side contact(s) make elastic contact with each other is surrounded and hermetically sealed by the inner surface of the accommodation recess, the elastic seal member, and the exposure surface of the plug connection portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: SMK Corporation
    Inventors: Koichiro Ejiri, Haruhiko Kondo
  • Patent number: 9711892
    Abstract: The present invention provides a structure for an end of an MI cable, capable of being produced in a short time with a small number of processing steps. In the structure for the end of the MI cable, a connector including metal pins is attached to the end of the MI cable, and the metal pins respectively have sharp-pointed front ends stuck into the end faces of the wires of the MI cable, and rear ends functioning as electrodes for connection with a soft cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: OKAZAKI MANUFACTURING COMPANY
    Inventors: Taketo Nishikawa, Kazuhide Okazaki
  • Patent number: 9697022
    Abstract: Scripts are incrementally compiled at runtime to generate executable code. The incremental compilation generates executable code corresponding to a basic block of the script. The executable code for a basic block of script is generated for a set of types of variables of the basic block resulting from execution of the script in response to a request. The generated executable code is stored and executed for subsequent requests if these requests result in the same types of variables for the basic block. The incremental compilation of the script is performed in a lazy fashion, such that executable code is not generated for combinations of types of variables of the script code that are not obtained from requests received at runtime. The script may dynamically generate portions of a web page that is returned in response to a request for execution of the script.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith Adams, Andrew John Paroski, Jason Owen Evans
  • Patent number: 9673563
    Abstract: A connector (10A) is provided with a housing (20) including a tube (22) and a seal (80) to be fit in the tube (22) in a liquid-tight manner. A holder (60) has a peripheral wall (62) fit externally on the tube (22) and a rear wall (61) configured to prevent the seal (80) from coming out backward. A wire cover (50) is mounted on the housing (20) by being fit externally on the peripheral wall (62) when the wire cover (50) is arranged to cover wires (100) pulled out from the holder (60) and the peripheral wall (62) is disposed in a proper posture on the tube (22). However, the wire cover (50) interferes with the holder (60) and cannot be mounted on the housing (20) when the peripheral wall (62) is in an improper posture inclined with respect to the tube (22).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventor: Shigeto Kataoka
  • Patent number: 9673562
    Abstract: The invention concerns a plug connector for a high current device, intended to be placed in particular in the engine compartment of a motor vehicle. A device such as a printed circuit board housed in the plug connector is connected to a cable via at least one rigid conductive metal bar (bus bar). A ring is interposed between the rigid conductive metal bar and a terminal electrically connected to the cable. A bolt holds the terminal, the ring and the bus bar clamped together. To ensure the seal of the plug connector at the bolt, a first ring seal is placed between the ring and an unthreaded zone of the shank of the bolt, and a second seal is placed between the ring and the plug connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Delphi International Operations Luxembourg SARL
    Inventors: Aymeric Perot, Erwan Guillanton
  • Patent number: 9627793
    Abstract: Electrical plugs having single and double insulation as well as the method for manufacturing the double insulating electrical plugs are disclosed. The single insulated electrical plugs have internal walls which electrically isolate the electrical connectors. The single insulated electrical plug has a one-piece body with a central base which accepts the electrical connectors, as well as two covers hingably coupled to the base to secure the connectors in place. The double insulated electrical plugs are insulated by both an inner body as well as the overmold material. The inner body has vents which enable overmold material to be injected into the inner portions of the inner body as well as onto the outside of the inner body. During the manufacturing process, molten material flows over the outside of the inner body, and also flows into the interior of the inner body to provide two layers of electrical insulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: STANDARD CABLE USA, INC.
    Inventors: Selvin Kao, Philip Carlo J. DeGuzman
  • Patent number: 9608363
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and structure for sealing an electrical connector. The structure includes a sealing insert for insertion into the housing of an electrical connector. The sealing insert has a flared lip spaced from and extending above a base and the flared lip has a diameter that is larger than a diameter of the base. The sealing insert further includes a retention feature and at least one electrical pin guide. The sealing insert is inserted into the housing of an electrical connector after applying a form in place sealant inside the housing. The flared lip forms a seal against an inner wall of the housing and the retention feature of the sealing insert engages a retention feature inside the housing thereby locking the sealing insert into the housing and forcing the sealant into a sealant gap formed between the housing and the sealing insert thereby sealing the electrical connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: MAGNA POWERTRAIN, INC.
    Inventor: Darrell F. Greene
  • Patent number: 9595770
    Abstract: A terminal fitting (20) includes a rectangular tubular main body (30) with a bottom wall (30A), side walls (30B, 30C) extending from opposite sides of the bottom wall (30A) and a ceiling wall (30D, 30E) facing the bottom wall (30A). A main spring (31) is in the main body (30) and resiliently contacts a mating terminal. An auxiliary spring (35) is cantilevered from the bottom wall (30A) and into the main body (30) for contacting the main spring (31) from a side opposite the mating terminal. Protection walls (36) are formed on ends of the side walls (30B, 30C) on the side of the bottom wall (30A) for laterally covering the auxiliary spring (35). Chamfered portions (37) are formed on surfaces of the protection walls (36) for contacting an inner wall (52) of a hole (51) of a collective rubber plug (50).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Nagasaki, Shohei Mitsui
  • Patent number: 9583901
    Abstract: A seal board includes a circuit board with vias, conductor pins, and solder joints. The solder joints connect and seal each conductor pin to a single via, such that each conductor pin extends through the via and extends from a first side of the circuit board and a second side of the circuit board. The seal board is mounted to cover an opening in a bulkhead that separates a first compartment (such as a terminal block compartment) from a second compartment (such as an electronics or feature board compartment). The seal board provides electrical paths between the compartments while protecting components within one of the compartments from the surrounding environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Rosemount Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Eriksen, Michael Barth
  • Patent number: 9450329
    Abstract: A connector seal device includes, in one embodiment, a seal body extendable along an axis and configured to receive an end of a coupler. The coupler is configured to be rotatably coupled to a coaxial cable connector, and the seal body is configured to engage a portion of the coupler to establish a first environmental seal between the seal body and the coupler. The connector seal device also includes a seal neck integral with the seal body configured to extend along the axis beyond the end of the coupler. The seal neck is configured to engage an interface port to establish a second environmental seal between the seal neck and the interface port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: PPC BROADBAND, INC.
    Inventors: Andrew Haberek, Christopher P. Natoli
  • Patent number: 9444178
    Abstract: A waterproof connector, provided with: a housing (11); at least one contact (12) fixed to the housing (11), each contact (12) having a contacting part (12a) which is formed at one end and which comes into contact with the contact of the counterpart connector, a substrate attachment part (12d) formed at the other end and attached to the substrate, a housing fixing part (12b) formed between the contacting part (12a) and the substrate attachment part (12d), and an elastic member attachment part (12c) formed between the housing fixing part (12b) and the substrate attachment part (12d); and a waterproofing elastic member (13) attached to the elastic member attachment part (12c) of the contact (12). The housing (11) has at least one through-hole (16) into which the contact (12) is inserted, and a concave elastic member containing part (15) communicating with the through-hole (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Katsumi Arai, Hiroshi Akimoto, Masayuki Nishikata
  • Patent number: 9437957
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a waterproof connector having internally concealed grounding pin, which includes an outer housing having an isolation layer covered on a metal frame thereof by injection molding to form at least one grounding part exposed to a first accommodating space therein and at least one outer grounding pin exposed out of the isolation layer; an inner casing made of metal material and having at least one inner grounding pin abutted against the grounding part when the inner casing is mounted inside the outer housing; a terminal block formed by plastic integrally, having a plurality of connection terminals passing therethrough, and mounted inside the inner casing; and a waterproof glue layer watertightly filled in the rear ends of the outer housing and inner casing. Since the inner grounding pin is fully concealed inside the outer housing, the moisture can no more pass through the connector accordingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: SIMULA TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventor: Yi-Ming Lee
  • Patent number: 9419367
    Abstract: Pluggable connector including a contact array of electrical contacts for engaging corresponding contacts of a communication component. The pluggable connector also includes a connector housing having a mating end configured to mate with the communication component. The connector housing includes a first housing shell and a second housing shell that oppose each other and are coupled together to define a housing cavity therebetween. The contact array is disposed within the housing cavity. The first housing shell includes a plug collar that surrounds the contact array at the mating end. The plug collar has a leading edge and a back edge. The second housing shell interfaces with the back edge of the plug collar such that the plug collar extends from the second housing shell to the mating end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Randall Robert Henry, Robert Harrison Wertz, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9397438
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a terminal module, a first sealing member embodied in a rear portion of the terminal module and a metallic shell shielding around the terminal module and the first sealing member. The terminal module has an insulative housing and a plurality of conductive terminals received in the housing. Each of the conductive terminals has a connecting section extending outwardly from a rear end of the housing. The first sealing member is insert molded on the housing of the terminal module, and the connecting sections of the conductive terminals rearwards run through the first sealing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventor: De-Jin Chen
  • Patent number: 9389648
    Abstract: A connector apparatus, system, and method are provided. The connector can include a first end (105A) and a second end (105B) operably connected by a flexible member (150). The first end and the second end can each comprise a backing member (110), comprising a plurality of fasteners (125) and an aperture (115) operably connected to the flexible member. The backing member can be at least partially encapsulated using a material (130) forming a surface (135). A compressible sealing member (145) can be disposed at least partially about the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventor: Mark David Senatori
  • Patent number: 9373911
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a waterproof audio connector which includes an isolation base mounted in the electronic device, having an inserting port and an assembly port respectively at a front end and a rear end thereof, having a plurality of first assembly slots longitudinally and concavely disposed at an inner surface thereof between the two ports; a plurality of signal terminals each having a contacting portion at the end thereof and fastened with the first assembly slot corresponding thereto; an isolation plate having a side surface abutted against outer edges of the first assembly slots and forming a filler space between another side surface thereof and an edge of the assembly port; and a waterproof sealant formed by waterproof glue which is filled into the filler space and solidified later, so as to watertightly seal all gaps among the signal terminals, the isolation plate and the assembly port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: SIMULA TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventor: Chin Lung Lo
  • Patent number: 9343842
    Abstract: A connector includes a housing which accommodates terminals connected to end portions of wires therein and which has locking pawls on an exterior surface of the housing; a rear holder having locking frames which are locked with or unlocked from the locking pawls by elastic deformation, in which the rear holder is mounted on a back side of the housing, and prevents rubber plugs that contact an outer periphery of the wires from dropping off the housing; and a shield shell mounted on an outer periphery of the housing to which the rear holder has been mounted. The shield shell includes a rear end portion which is arranged at an elastic deformation region of the locking frames in an assembling process of the rear holder to the housing and obstructs the elastic deformation of the locking frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Harunori Tashiro, Kengo Aoshima
  • Patent number: 9337565
    Abstract: There is provided a conductive path. The conductive path includes a conductor and a sheath. The sheath covers the conductor. The sheath is made of a resin composition. The resin composition has elasticity. There are formed protrusions which are convexly protruded from an outer peripheral surface of the sheath of the conductive path and have elasticity so as to be deformed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideomi Adachi, Yoshiaki Ozaki
  • Patent number: 9337568
    Abstract: A waterproof connector includes a first housing formed with a recess, and a sealing unit to be sandwiched between the first housing and a second housing fit into the recess, to thereby keep waterproofness between the first and second housings, the sealing unit including a locking ring for engaging the sealing unit to the recess at a predetermined position, a holder for preventing a terminal having been inserted into the first housing from being released out of the first housing, and a waterproof seal sandwiched between an outer surface of the locking ring and an inner surface of the recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: DAI-ICHI SEIKO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takayoshi Endo, Seiji Sasaki
  • Patent number: 9321519
    Abstract: A support plate for the passage of systems between two zones at different pressurizations of an aircraft, in the region of a bulkhead separating the two zones. The support plate comprises a connection plate including at least one retaining element and at least one sealing joint and is provided with a plurality of holes intended for the passage of an assembly of systems which have to pass through said bulkhead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Airbus Operations SAS
    Inventors: Marc Tomasi, Patrick Lieven, Romain Delahaye, Matthieu De Kergommeaux
  • Patent number: 9314867
    Abstract: A system and method for replaceable machine-mounted male input power connections includes a power connection unit that is at least partially arranged within a housing and configured to transfer power received from a power source to drive a welding process. The power connection unit includes an input configured to receive power from the power source, an output configured to deliver the power received at the input to drive the welding process, and a bus system, configured to connect the input and the output. The power connection unit also includes a male connector having a conductive post extending to a threaded cylindrical shaft. The male conductor forms at least a portion of the input or the output and extends from the housing through a coupling assembly. The coupling assembly includes a correspondingly threaded portion configured to engage the threaded cylindrical shaft of the male connector to the bus system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Paul William Garvey, Scott S. Liebert