Connector (e.g., Power Plug, Registered Jack (rj) Plug, Adapter, Outlet Box, Etc.) With Internal Component (except Fuse) Patents (Class 439/620.21)
  • Patent number: 11936140
    Abstract: A radio frequency connector with high transmission performance includes a male terminal and a female terminal which are plugged and matched with each other, wherein both the male terminal and the female terminal further includes shielding cases which include convex parts for isolating two signal terminals; and the shielding cases of the male terminal and the female terminal are matched and connected, and the two convex parts are matched with each other. An electromagnetic shielding case is formed and an isolation cavity for shielding signals is formed, so that signals transmitted by the radio-frequency connector will not be disturbed by external signals or internal signals, and the transmission stability of the signals in the radio-frequency connector is guaranteed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: SUNWAY COMMUNICATION (JIANGSU) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yule Su, Stanley Wang, Ren-Chih Li
  • Patent number: 11920385
    Abstract: The present invention is a sensor assembly that is used in a door lock device provided with a latch, a ratchet, a drive unit that drives the ratchet and releases the engagement of the ratchet and the latch, and a case that accommodates the drive unit, the sensor assembly being provided with a sensor that detects the action of the ratchet when the engagement of the ratchet and the latch is released, wherein the sensor assembly is provided with: a connector that holds connection conductors electrically connected to the sensor, and is attached to the case; a sensor base that holds the sensor; a plurality of electric wires that connect the plurality of connection conductors and a plurality of terminal portions of the sensor; and a waterproofing material that comprises a photo-curing resin for covering, along with the sensor base, connecting portions of the terminal portions and the electric wires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Mitsui Kinzoku Act Corporation
    Inventors: Fuyuki Nakatsuka, Shuntaro Kimura, Nao Mizumoto
  • Patent number: 11850958
    Abstract: A connector unit for a plug-in electrical vehicle includes a first set of terminals for connection with a high-voltage energy storage, a second set of terminals for connection with an electrical propulsion motor, a connector interface having electrical connectors and being configured for temporarily receiving a corresponding connector interface of a charging connector during charging of the high-voltage energy storage of the plug-in electrical vehicle, and a permanent or temporary electrical connection between the first set of terminals and the second set of terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: NINGBO GEELY AUTOMOBILE RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CO
    Inventor: Sri Vishnu Gorantla Narayana Murthy
  • Patent number: 11845352
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a power supply control method for a vehicle, a vehicle, a control unit, a computer-readable storage medium and a computer program product. The vehicle comprises an electrical equipment, a relay and a power interface, wherein the power interface is electrically coupled to the electrical equipment via the relay. The method comprises: determining whether the power interface is coupled to an external power source; determining whether a voltage of the external power source is within a predetermined range when the power interface is coupled to the external power source; and controlling the relay to be switched on in response to the voltage of the external power source being within the predetermined range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: BEIJING TUSEN ZHITU TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaokang He, Pingyuan Ji
  • Patent number: 11841394
    Abstract: A circuit is provided, comprising a transformer having a first coil that is arranged on a substrate and a second coil that is arranged on the substrate above the first coil, and a dielectric between the first coil and the second coil. The circuit furthermore comprises a guard ring around the transformer. The circuit furthermore comprises a diagnostic circuit (55) that is configured so as to ground the guard ring in a normal operating mode and to measure a measurement voltage or a measurement current at a measurement impedance between the guard ring and the ground potential in a diagnostic operating mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Marcus Nuebling, Jaafar Mejri
  • Patent number: 11742598
    Abstract: An electrical connector for soldering with a cable is provided. The electrical connector includes an insulating body, a plurality of terminals, and a metallic shell. The terminals are disposed in the insulating body and arranged in a lateral direction. Each of the terminals has a clip section, a connecting section, and a soldering section. The metallic shell is assembled to the insulating body to form an interface of the electrical connector for connecting to another electrical connector, the clip section is close to the interface, the soldering section is away from the interface, and the cable is soldered to the soldering section of at least one of the terminals in the lateral direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Advanced Connectek Inc.
    Inventors: Ming-Yung Chang, Tzu Hao Li, Chia Cheng He
  • Patent number: 11721919
    Abstract: The invention has for object an electrical assembly comprising: a first electrical connection bar, a second electrical connection bar, and an electronic card, the first and the second electrical connection bar being in electrical contact with one another, on a connection zone, said card being at a distance from said connection zone. The assembly further comprises an electrical conduction part that creates an electrical connection between said connection zone and the electronic card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: VALEO SIEMENS EAUTOMOTIVE FRANCE SAS
    Inventors: Baptiste Parigot, Alwin Moceri
  • Patent number: 11695242
    Abstract: An embodiment connector assembly includes a housing including an inner space formed therein, wherein ends of a main-line terminal and a sub-line terminal are inserted into a first side of the inner space, a main-line port inserted into and fixed to the inner space of the housing and electrically connected to the end of the main-line terminal inserted into the inner space, a sub-line port inserted into and fixed to the inner space of the housing and electrically connected to the end of the sub-line terminal inserted into the inner space, and a noise filter disposed between the main-line port and the sub-line port and electrically connected to each of the main-line port and the sub-line port, wherein the noise filter is configured to reduce a noise in a signal transmitted between the main-line port and the sub-line port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Korea Electric Terminal Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji Hyoung Kim, Jung Nan Ryu, Seung Woo Woo, Mun Sung Choi
  • Patent number: 11585782
    Abstract: A connector includes two insulators which hold contacts connected to lead wires and are arranged on two surfaces of a base end portion of a ceramic element, two spring components which have flat plate portions located on respective outer surfaces of the two insulators and spring portions supported by the flat plate portions, and a cylindrical sleeve. Each spring portion has an inclined surface which inclines in a movement direction in which the sleeve moves toward the spring components. Each spring portion is elastically deformed by the sleeve hanging over the spring portion. The two insulators hold the base end portion from two sides by being pushed by the flat plate portions in directions in which the two insulators are brought closer to each other. The contacts are pushed against the terminal electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Osamu Hashiguchi
  • Patent number: 11539174
    Abstract: A connector includes a terminal, a housing, a temperature sensor, and a holding structure. The holding structure holds the temperature sensor so as to be movable in at least a first orthogonal direction in a space portion (housing formation space portion). The housing has the base portion and the pressing arm portion extending from the base portion in the contact direction and elastically deformable with respect to the first orthogonal direction orthogonal to the contact direction. The pressing arm portion has a protrusion portion that protrudes into the space portion and comes into contact with the temperature sensor. When the protrusion portion comes into contact with the temperature sensor, the pressing arm portion is elastically deformed to press the temperature sensor located in the space portion with respect to the first orthogonal direction, and the pressed temperature sensor is brought into contact with the terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Daisuke Yamanashi
  • Patent number: 11533547
    Abstract: A solution is provided that can be used in a communication node. A case is provided that supports a card module. The card module includes a circuit board with a front edge and a rear edge and includes a chiclet mounted adjacent the front edge. A housing can be pressed onto the circuit board and chiclet and be retain the housing in place. A transformer box is provided is provided on the circuit board between the housing and the rear edge. A POE card can be mounted on the circuit board between the transformer box and the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Augusto Panella, Johnny Chen, Harold Keith Lang
  • Patent number: 11527843
    Abstract: Disclosed is a connector including at least: a printed circuit board including preferentially a plurality of stacked layers; a plurality of connecting pins which are spaced apart from each other and transversally pass through the printed circuit board from a bottom external surface up to an opposite top external surface of the printed circuit board; and an insulating assembly for providing insulation among the plurality of connecting pins, wherein the insulating assembly includes at least one insulator which is configured to be coupled to the printed circuit board and is configured to insulate at least a portion of each connection pin from a corresponding portion of one or more adjacent connecting pins of the plurality of connecting pins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: ALSTOM TRANSPORT TECHNOLOGIES
    Inventor: Nicholas Nagrodsky
  • Patent number: 11522322
    Abstract: An electrical connector of an electrical connector assembly. The electrical connector includes a housing with a mating face for mating with a mating electrical connector. Contact receiving cavities extend into the housing from the mating face. Contacts are provided in the contact receiving cavities. Mating portions of the contacts extend from the mating face in a direction away from the housing. Protrusions extend from the mating face in a direction away from the housing. The protrusions extend proximate edges of the mating portions of the contacts. The protrusions form reverse chamfers which cooperate with lead-in chamfers provided in a surface of the mating electrical connector. The positioning of the protrusions in the lead-in chamfers fills in air gaps provided by the lead-in chamfers to provide an impedance match along the mating portions of the contacts when the electrical connector is mated with the mating electrical connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GmbH
    Inventors: Charles Raymond Gingrich, III, Graham Harry Smith, Jr., Michael Frank Cina
  • Patent number: 11522323
    Abstract: A high-voltage plug connection part for a high-voltage plug connector of a high-voltage electrical system of a motor vehicle, the high-voltage electrical system, and the motor vehicle are disclosed herein. The high-voltage plug connector can be coupled to at least one high-voltage line. The high-voltage plug connection part has at least one integrated temperature sensor which is designed to detect a sensor signal that characterizes the temperature of the at least one high-voltage line and provide the detected sensor signal to an analysis device in order to monitor the temperature of the at least one high-voltage line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Johannes Ott, Josef Poemmerl
  • Patent number: 11451083
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a housing having a first connector port at a first end of the housing and a second connector port at a second end of the housing. The first end and the second end are opposite one another. An activator is configured to simultaneously move the first connector port and the second connector port when a force is applied. When the first connector port is extended beyond the housing, the second connector port is retracted into the housing, and when the second connector port is extended beyond the housing, the first connector port is retracted into the housing. An internal battery is coupled to the first connector port and configured to be charged via the first connector port from an external power source, and coupled to the second connector port and configured to provide power via the second connector port to an external device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Inventors: Patrick Tagtow, Daniel Craig Tagtow, Jeffrey William Bull
  • Patent number: 11121507
    Abstract: An electrical connector including a base member and a plurality of first terminals disposed in the base member is provided. Each of the first terminals has an contact segment and an tail segment opposite to each other. The contact segments respectively belong to two different parallel planes, and the tail segments are located on a same plane. The first terminals form a plurality of terminal sets in the tail segments, and each of the terminal sets includes a ground terminal, a pair of super speed differential terminals, and a power terminal which are adjacent to each other and are sequentially arranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Advanced Connectek Inc.
    Inventors: Pin-Yuan Hou, Yu-Lun Tsai, Hsu-Fen Wang, Yu-Chai Yeh
  • Patent number: 11013418
    Abstract: A system for identifying a location of a device includes a first antenna mounted to a plug. The first antenna surrounds one or more prongs of the plug, and the plug has a memory that stores a device ID. A second antenna receives the device ID from the first antenna when the plug is coupled to a power outlet. A controller uses a communication module to wirelessly transfer the device ID and a power outlet ID to a computer server. The computer server uses the device ID and the power outlet ID to determine the location of the device within a building.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: HILL-ROM SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Brandon Ayers, Collin Davidson, Stephen Embree, Kenzi L. Mudge, Britten Pipher, Timothy Receveur, Mickael Audic, Jean-Bernard Duvert, Alonso De La Vega Gomez, Philippe Kaikenger
  • Patent number: 10998652
    Abstract: A shield terminal (10) includes an inner conductor terminal (11), an outer conductor terminal (13), a dielectric (12) and a capacitor serving as an electronic element (16). The outer conductor terminal (13) surrounds the inner conductor terminal (11) and is connected to a shield portion (93) of a shielded cable (90). The dielectric (12) is arranged between the inner conductor terminal (11) and the outer conductor terminal (13). The electronic element (16) includes a core connecting portion (43) to be connected to a core (91) of the shielded cable (90) and an inner conductor connecting portion (42) to be connected to the inner conductor terminal (11). In the shield terminal (10), an insulating short circuit preventing member (14) is arranged between the core connecting portion (43) and the outer conductor terminal (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Inventors: Shohei Mitsui, Liping Kang, Norihito Hashimoto, Motoki Kubota, Ai Hirano, Masanobu Kasuga, Keisuke Kanemura, Wataru Yamanaka, Ryo Yamada
  • Patent number: 10879961
    Abstract: A male connector includes a male body, a male communication antenna, and a first male circuit board. The male communication antenna is provided inside the male body and is configured to wirelessly communicate a signal. The first male circuit board is electrically connected to the male communication antenna. The invention also provides a female connector including a female body, a female communication antenna, and a first female circuit board. The female communication antenna is provided inside the female body and configured to wirelessly communicate a signal. The first female circuit board is electrically connected to the female communication antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: HOSIDEN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hayato Kondo
  • Patent number: 10811821
    Abstract: A connector device has a first connector including a male terminal which is rod-shaped, and a second connector including a female terminal to which the male terminal is electrically connected, in which the second connector includes an guide portion which is made of an insulating resin, the guide portion includes a hole portion for guiding the male terminal to the female terminal such that the hole portion is formed to have a diameter larger than an outer diameter of the male terminal, at least one groove portion is formed on an outer peripheral surface of the male terminal in an axial direction of the male terminal, and a protruding portion is provided on an inner peripheral surface of the hole portion, the protruding portion being inserted through the groove portion of the male terminal to be inserted into the hole portion and connected to the female terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kengo Aoshima
  • Patent number: 10571976
    Abstract: Particular examples described herein provide for an electronic device, such as a notebook computer or laptop, which includes a circuit board coupled to a plurality of electronic components (which includes any type of hardware, elements, circuitry, etc.). The electronic device may also include a connector assembly that is positioned within at least a portion of a recess of the electronic device, where the connector assembly includes: a first assembly that is to receive a connector; and a second assembly that is to receive an identification module that is to provide an association between a user and the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Sameer Sharma, Douglas Satzger, Gadi Amit, Yoshikazu Hoshino, Chadwick Harber, Daniel Clifton, Philip J. Houdek, II, Stanislav Moiseyenko, Nathan Isaiah Jauvtis
  • Patent number: 10548596
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to adapter assemblies for use with and to electrically and mechanically interconnect electromechanical surgical devices and surgical loading units, and to surgical systems including hand held electromechanical surgical devices and adapter assemblies for connecting surgical loading units to the hand held electromechanical surgical devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Earl M. Zergiebel, David M. Chowaniec, Ryan Williams, Anand Subramanian
  • Patent number: 10467828
    Abstract: An electronic logging device dongle. In one example, dongle includes a housing and a circuit board located within the housing. The housing includes circuitry configured to perform at least part of a driver compliance determination and to wirelessly communicate with a portable device. The dongle also includes a connector electrically connected to the circuit board. The connector includes a plurality of pins, and is configured to be mated to a plurality of adaptors. Each of the plurality of adaptors is structured to mechanically map pins of a vehicle OBD port to the plurality of pins of the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: J. J. KELLER & ASSOCIATES, INC.
    Inventors: Bruce D. Lightner, Michael K. Kuphal
  • Patent number: 10431936
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a housing, plural signal contacts, and plural impedance control (IC) members. The housing includes a base having a mating face. The base includes an array of openings along the mating face. The signal contacts are arranged in contact pairs, and are held in the openings of the base. The signal contacts include mating segments that extend a height beyond the mating face of the base for electrically connecting to corresponding mating signal contacts of a mating connector. The IC members are on the base and extend a height beyond the mating face of the base that is less than the height of the mating segments of the signal contacts. Each of the IC members is disposed one or more of adjacent to or between the signal contacts of a corresponding contact pair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael James Horning, David Allison Trout, Justin Dennis Pickel
  • Patent number: 10396506
    Abstract: A compact cable connector includes an insulative block set consisting of a docking member and a terminal holder block assembly, a circuit board set including an input circuit board vertically set between the docking member and the terminal holder block assembly and an output circuit board transversely mounted on the top of the terminal holder block assembly, and a terminal set including input terminals transversely mounted in the docking member and electrically bonded to the input circuit board, output terminals vertically mounted in the terminal holder block assembly and electrically bonded to the output circuit board and connection terminals electrically connected between the input circuit board and the output circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignees: U.D.ELECTRONIC CORP., U.D.(DONGGUAN) ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY CORP., U.D.(ZHONG JIANG) ELECTRONIC CORP.
    Inventors: Chih-Kai Chang, Bin Zeng, Yao-Ching Huang
  • Patent number: 10331158
    Abstract: An electrical unit relaying between an electrical component and an electronic control unit which determines a target operating amount of the electrical component, includes a communication port connectable with a communication wire connected to the electronic control unit, a power supply port connectable with a power supply wire connected to an external power supply, a ground port connectable with a ground wire, and one or more electrical component ports capable of supplying electric power to the electrical component. The electrical unit receives a signal relating to the target operating amount from the electronic control unit through the communication port. Electric power for operation according to the target operating amount is supplied to the electrical unit through the power supply port. The electrical unit supplies the electric power for operation to the electrical component through the electrical component ports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Mototatsu Matsunaga
  • Patent number: 10119836
    Abstract: A detecting unit detects a first output signal and a second output signal, which are output by a first sensor and a second sensor disposed on an actuator, and outputs a first detection signal and a second detection signal to a measurement unit. Based on the first detection signal and the second detection signal, the measurement unit measures a tact time taken for a piston to move from one end to another end of a movement range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: SMC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomohiko Aki, Takaaki Goto, Takahiro Shinozaki, Norimasa Ozaki
  • Patent number: 10112559
    Abstract: The task of the invention is to provide a motor vehicle latching system with an actuator and an electronic component switched in parallel in a technically simple and reliable manner which prevents undesired return movements of the actuator. The task is solved by a latching system with an electrical drive having an electrical plug-in connector component and with an external electrical plug-in connector component (1), which is connected to the electrical plug-in connector component of the electrical drive and which has an electronic braking device for the electrical drive, whereby the external electrical plug-in connector component (1) has two electrical contacts (2, 3) which each have a recess (4) which is open on one side in which an electrical conductor of the electronic braking device is accommodated in each instance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Kiekert AG
    Inventor: Octavian Cimpean
  • Patent number: 9973869
    Abstract: An electronic device and noise canceling method thereof is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hojun Kim, Jinhee Won, Daechul Jeong, Sungbin Hong
  • Patent number: 9907159
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for tuning crosstalk and return loss are provided. In the method and apparatus, a filter tunes return loss caused by a first external terminal and a second external terminal to compensate for a capacitive load induced by sizes of and a proximity between the first and second external terminals. The filter decouples the tuning of the return loss from tuning a magnitude and a phase of a crosstalk between a first transmission line network and a second transmission line network such that the return loss is tuned with minimal impact on the crosstalk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Fluke Corporation
    Inventors: Paul Wittmann-Todd, Jeffrey S. Bottman, William F. Winston
  • Patent number: 9829206
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a dehumidifier, a compressor and dehumidifier control method. A terminal cover is arranged at the top of the compressor, a mounting base and a wire outlet seat are arranged on the terminal cover, the mounting base is provided with a fixing groove used for mounting a first temperature detecting device for detecting the temperature at the top of the compressor, a bottom opening communicated with the top of the compressor is arranged at the bottom end of the fixing groove used for enabling the first temperature detecting device to prop against the top of the compressor and detect the temperature at the top of the compressor; the wire outlet seat is provided with a wiring groove used for mounting connecting wires of the compressor, and a clamping slot used for mounting a second temperature detecting device for detecting the temperature of the connecting wires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: TCL AIR CONDITIONER (ZHONGSHAN) CO., LTD
    Inventors: Chengbin Chen, Xianxiong Zhang, Ying Suo, Yang Chen
  • Patent number: 9742117
    Abstract: Communications jacks include a housing having a plug aperture that is configured to receive a mating RJ-45 plug along a longitudinal axis and eight jackwire contacts that are arranged as four differential pairs of jackwire contacts, each of the jackwire contacts including a plug contact region that extends into the plug aperture. A first of the jackwire contacts is configured to engage a longitudinally extending surface of a first blade of a mating RJ-45 plug when the mating RJ-45 plug is fully received within the plug aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina
    Inventors: Amid I. Hashim, Wayne D. Larsen, Brian J. Fitzpatrick
  • Patent number: 9548576
    Abstract: An electronic device includes an audio jack assembly that is to receive an audio input, wherein the audio jack assembly is provided concentrically with a circular recess of the electronic device, wherein the circular recess is within a hinge assembly of the electronic device, and wherein the audio jack assembly is in engagement with the hinge assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Sameer Sharma, Douglas Satzger, Gadi Amit, Yoshikazu Hoshino, Chadwick Harber, Daniel Clifton, Philip J. Houdek, II, Stanislav Moiseyenko, Nathan Jauvtis
  • Patent number: 9544005
    Abstract: An adaptable mobile phone case includes a main body, a phone cavity, a rotatable power plug that functions as a stand, a storage compartment, a removable compartment lid with a credit card pocket, a phone charger module, a phone case holder with a hook, a mounting hole, an extension connection port, an external connection port, a removable battery, a plurality of battery LEDs, a communication module, a phone charger lock button, a manual switch charging button, a cable canal, a storage access aperture. The phone case allows easy charging of an installed mobile phone, with an additional battery, can store cables and credit cards, can stand on its own for self-photographs, and supports flexible mounting options.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Inventor: Lin L. Wei
  • Patent number: 9368920
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a plug-cable unit includes a plug connector which is equipped to receive a coding plug. A cable is used for connecting to a functional unit to be controlled, in particular of an electromechanically adjustable piece of furniture. A plug module is used for connecting to a control device of the piece of furniture. In one embodiment, a coding plug includes at least two ports for connecting to related contacts of a plug connector of a plug-cable unit, and at least one electronic component having at least one parameter of a functional unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: Logicdata Electronic & Software Entwicklunga GmbH
    Inventor: Stefan Lukas
  • Patent number: 9324478
    Abstract: A high speed cable with terminating assemblies at the respective ends of the cable includes a ground wire, one or more signal wires, and a conductive layer enclosing the ground wire and the signal wires. The ground wire as well as the signal wires and the conductive layer extend into the terminating assemblies, in each of which corresponding inductive elements are coupled between the conductive layer and the ground wire. In each terminating assembly, the ground wire is shunted to the conductive layer by inductive elements, thus providing added low frequency connectivity in the cable, while at the same time blocking high frequency noise energy that may be present in the ground wire and preventing it from being coupled into, and transmitted through, the conductive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Inventors: John Martin Horan, David McGowan, Padraig McDaid
  • Patent number: 9324196
    Abstract: Vehicle diagnostic tests may be performed by an owner of a vehicle on a self-serve basis. In one implementation, a method may include communicating, by a vehicle diagnostic device, with a vehicle through an OBD connector of the vehicle, to obtain diagnostic information relating to operation of the vehicle. The method may further include receiving instructions relating to the obtaining of the diagnostic information and playing, via a speaker associated with the vehicle diagnostic device, the instructions as audible instructions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Verizon Telematics Inc.
    Inventors: Bryant Elliott, Eric Berkobin
  • Patent number: 9209579
    Abstract: A connecting structure includes a housing which is inserted into a cover, and a terminal which is accommodated in the housing and holds an electronic device. The housing allows the electronic device to be inserted from an outside of the housing into the housing in a state where the terminal is accommodated in the housing. The cover comes in contact with the electronic device in a state where a part of the electronic device is inserted to the terminal. The cover allows the housing to be inserted into the cover in a state where whole part of the electronic device is inserted into the housing to be held at a normal position by the terminal. The cover has an abutting face preventing the electronic device from slipping out from the housing in a state where the housing is inserted into the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinji Mochizuki
  • Patent number: 9209615
    Abstract: An electric wire with terminal includes an electric wire covering an outer periphery of a core wire with an insulating coating and a female terminal. The female terminal includes: a wire barrel having a bottom plate on which the core wire is placed and crimped onto the core wire; a groove portion extending from the bottom plate in a direction in which the core wire extends and whose surface on the side where the core wire is placed is bent into a concave shape. The groove portion has a water blocking wall molded by synthetic resin. The water blocking wall is provided to fill the inside of the groove portion. A region extending from the water blocking wall to the end of the insulating coating is covered with a water blocking coating, and the inner surface of the water blocking coating is in close contact with the water blocking wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Junichi Ono, Eiji Saijo, Hiroki Hirai, Takuji Otsuka, Hiroki Shimoda, Hajime Kawase, Takuya Inoue, Masaaki Tabata, Takehiro Nakata, Satoshi Morikawa, Mikiko Kosaka
  • Patent number: 9055686
    Abstract: An explosion-proof electronic device includes: a first circuit board provided with a first connector on one surface thereof; and a second circuit board provided with a second connector on a surface facing the one surface of the first circuit board, the second connector being fit to the first connector. A packing is attached to a position on the second connector which is away from the surface of the second circuit board, surrounds the outer circumference of the second connector, and extends toward the first circuit board to form a closed space including an interface between the first and second connectors. The space between the first and second circuit boards is filled with a filler with the first and second connectors fit to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: JVC KENWOOD CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takuya Tanaka
  • Patent number: 9028275
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: a receptacle having a plurality of pins for connecting a plug of a transmission cable; and a transmission cable determination section adapted to apply a predetermined voltage to a predetermined one of the pins of the receptacle to determine a category of the transmission cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuaki Toba
  • Publication number: 20150118910
    Abstract: A DC connector with a voltage-stabilizing function has a tube and a wire connected with a noise-resistant filter between the tube and the wire. The tube has an upper cap and a lower opening. The lower opening has an internal terminal for electrical connection when the tube is inserted into a corresponding socket. The upper cap of the tube has a first connecting part. An outer wall of the tube near the upper ring has a second connecting part. The filter has two electrode terminals electrically connecting to the first and second connecting parts, respectively. The first and second connecting parts also electrically connect to the anode and cathode of the wires. Therefore, when an electrical signal is sent from the wire to the first connecting part, the filter provides the functions of filtering noises for stabilizing voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventors: Bin LUO, Wei-Qiang LI
  • Publication number: 20150093937
    Abstract: An adaptor may include a base modular unit that includes a plurality of surface connectors, a first port and circuitry. At least one surface connector may couple to an expansion modular unit. Circuitry or logic may provide information from the first port to the at least one surface connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: Prosenjit GHOSH, John J. VALAVI, Ajay V. SHAn
  • Publication number: 20150093938
    Abstract: A smart card connection circuit of an electronic device which includes a card holder, a travel switch, and a switching unit; a contact of the travel switch is located in the card holder, and an output end of the travel switch is connected to a control end of the switching unit; and when a smart card at a preset position in the card holder leaves the preset position, the smart card leaves the contact of the travel switch, the travel switch controls the switching unit to switch to a second output end, and each signal cable pin on the card holder is grounded by using the switching unit before a power cable pin on the card holder is grounded by using the switching unit. The present invention is applied to electronic devices such as a mobile phone and a tablet computer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: Kedi Tang, Lin Hu, Zhonghui Peng
  • Publication number: 20150085459
    Abstract: A connector including a first connector body and a mode-converting unit is provided. The first connector body includes a dielectric base, a shell and a pin set. The shell and the dielectric base are fixed to each other. The pin set is disposed on the dielectric base. The mode-converting unit includes a substrate and a mode-converting structure. The substrate is fixed to the first connector body and has a circuit. The shell constitutes a waveguide tube and is electromagnetically coupled to the circuit through the mode-converting structure. A signal is transmitted from the shell to the circuit through the mode-converting structure, or transmitted from the circuit to the shell through the mode-converting structure and emitted outward, such that the connector can be regarded as an antenna. The signal is a millimeter-wave signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Ta-Chun Pu, Hung-Hsuan Lin
  • Patent number: 8988040
    Abstract: A car charger plug is slidably mounted within a body of the compact car charger. The car charger plug is lockable in a fully retracted position and lockable in a fully extended position, so as to maintain its compact size when not in use, and provide a secure connection with a car charge port when desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Navajo Manufacturing Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Gordon Levy, Ming Shan, David L. Martin
  • Patent number: 8983087
    Abstract: An audio playing device may operate in a first mode or a second mode. The audio playing device includes a speaker, an earphone jack receiving an earphone plug of an earphone, a sound output driver, a rotation angle detector, and a processor. The sound output driver only drives the speaker when the audio playing device operates in the first mode and only drives the earphone when the audio playing device operates in the second mode. The rotation angle detector generates a first mode change signal when the earphone plug is rotated in the earphone jack along a first direction over a predetermined angle. The processor changes operation of the audio playing device between the first mode and the second mode when the processor receives the first mode change signal from the rotation angle detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignees: Fu Tai Hua Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Qiang You, Jun Zhang, Jun-Wei Zhang, Tsung-Jen Chuang
  • Publication number: 20150064972
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to an extension connector. The extension connector may include a first connector communicatively coupled to an in-vehicle connector associated with an automobile. The extension connector may further include a second connector that may be communicatively coupled to the first connector. The extension connector may further include a third connector that may be communicatively coupled to the first connector and the second connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventor: Allan Bailey Jones
  • Patent number: 8965717
    Abstract: A carbon emission tracker is disclosed. The carbon emission tracker includes a main body, a power input interface, a power output interface, a power detecting unit, a communication unit, a memory unit, and a processing unit. The power detecting unit is configured to detect an electricity usage of an electrical appliance. The processing unit is configured to aggregate power consumption data over a time period and to store the power consumption data for the time period to the memory unit. The processing unit transmits the power consumption data of the memory unit to a data center through the communication unit. The power consumption data further includes identification data of the electrical appliance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Powertech Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yu-Lung Lee
  • Publication number: 20150044910
    Abstract: A disclosed electrical contactor may include a line-side electrical terminal adapted for connection to an electrical conductor carrying an electrical voltage, multiple load-side connectors each having a housing and multiple electrical terminals arranged within a cavity of the housing, a switching element, and a control unit. Each of the load-side connectors is adapted to receive a plug connector. The switching element electrically connects the line-side electrical terminal to electrical terminal(s) of at least one of the load-side connectors when enabled. The control unit enables the switching element in response to a control signal. Each of the load devices may have a plug connector, and each of the load-side connectors may be mechanically coded to receive the plug connector of a corresponding load device. An electrical configuration of electrical terminals of a line-side connector may allow a crankcase heater, or a crankcase heater with thermostat, to receive electrical power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2013
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: Lennox Industries Inc.
    Inventor: Randall Lee Lisbona