Secured By Superposition Of Insulating Body Parts Patents (Class 439/752)
  • Patent number: 11962110
    Abstract: A housing assembly for an electrical connector includes a base element having an opening, a cover for covering the opening, and a locking mechanism. The locking mechanism has a slidable member movable into a locking position in which the locking mechanism locks the cover relative to the base element. The locking mechanism has a transmission element for transmitting force and movement onto the locking mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Italia Distribution S.r.l.
    Inventors: Demis Spincich, Alessandro Genta, Stanislas Di Maggio
  • Patent number: 11942715
    Abstract: A terminal position assurance device and a corresponding connector assembly are disclosed. The terminal position assurance device includes a main body having a main board, an upper board, and a lower board. The upper board and the lower board are arranged perpendicularly to the main board and are located on the same side of the main board. The upper board and the lower board have distal ends away from the main board. The terminal position assurance device further includes an extension arm extending from the distal end of the upper board in a direction substantially perpendicular to the main board and a stopper extending from an outer edge of the extension arm and thus going beyond the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Aptiv Technologies AG
    Inventors: Xiaoxian Tian, Haifei Guan, Weidong Zhang
  • Patent number: 11942714
    Abstract: A socket contact includes a cylindrical sleeve, a plurality of cantilever-shaped spring pieces arranged in rotational symmetry with respect to the central line of the sleeve as a symmetric axis, and a base portion to which fixed ends of the plurality of spring pieces are fixed. The sleeve is movably mounted to the base portion, the plurality of spring pieces has bent portions between free ends and the fixed ends, the plurality of spring pieces is elastically deformed so that the free ends come close to each other when the sleeve is moved and covers the free ends, and a pin contact inserted among the plurality of spring pieces is sandwiched by the bent portions of the plurality of spring pieces elastically deformed by the moved sleeve, electrically connected, and held.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Osamu Hashiguchi
  • Patent number: 11888259
    Abstract: A retainer is inserted and fitted into an engagement hole that is open in a first direction of a housing where the first direction, a second direction, and a third direction are defined as mutually-orthogonal three directions. An engagement portion is disposed at each of a pair of inner wall surfaces facing each other in the second direction in an inner peripheral wall of the engagement hole. The retainer includes a pair of first outer surfaces facing each other in the first direction, a pair of second outer surfaces facing each other in the second direction, and a pair of third outer surfaces facing each other in the third direction. A long hole passing through the third outer surface in the third direction is formed so as to be adjacent to each of the second outer surfaces, and extends in the first direction defined as a longitudinal direction. A beam portion supported at both ends by a pair of longitudinal-direction end portions is formed between the long hole and the second outer surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: J.S.T. MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki Obie, Yuji Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 11870173
    Abstract: A connector includes a male terminal (10) having a tubular terminal contact (20) open in a front-rear direction. A resin molded portion (50) is molded to the terminal contact (20). A wire (W) is pulled out rearward from the male terminal (10), and a sleeve (60) covers a core (W1) exposed in front of the wire (W). The resin molded portion (50) includes a shaft (51) inside the terminal contact (20), an insulating portion (52) projecting forward from a front of the shaft (51), a flange (53) protruding radially outward from a rear end of the shaft (51), and two locking portions (57) on a periphery of the flange (53). The flange (53) enters a concavity (64) of the sleeve (60) from one side, and two locked portions (65) provided on an inner wall of the concavity (64) lock the locking portions (57) from the other side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Inventor: Masashi Uchida
  • Patent number: 11837806
    Abstract: A grounding electrical connector assembly may have a connector subassembly and a terminal subassembly. The connector subassembly may include a connector housing having a body defining a terminal cavity therein and a ground bar, secured to the connector housing, having electrical contacts extending into the terminal cavity and a portion that secures to grounding structure. The terminal subassembly may include a terminal housing having a main body defining terminal cavities extending therethrough that each receive one of a plurality of terminals, the main body telescopically slidable into and releasably secured to the terminal cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Lear Corporation
    Inventor: Michal Brhel
  • Patent number: 11804669
    Abstract: An electronic equipment comprises a case and a connector which is attached to the case. The connector comprises a housing and a waterproofing member. The waterproofing member is sandwiched by a mating connector and a side portion of the housing in a second direction when the connector is mated with the mating connector. The waterproofing member has at least one first contact portion, at least one second contact portion, at least one third contact portion and at least one fourth contact portion. The third contact portion is pressed against the side portion in the second direction by elasticity of the waterproofing member upon the mating of the connector with the mating connector. The fourth contact portion is pressed against and in contact with the mating connector in the second direction by the elasticity of the waterproofing member upon the mating of the connector with the mating connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Tetsuya Komoto, Akira Kimura, Keisuke Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11799222
    Abstract: There is provided a connector including: a terminal fitting including a terminal portion, a conductor connection portion, and a connecting portion that connects the terminal portion and the conductor connection portion; a housing including an accommodating chamber that accommodates the terminal fitting from the terminal portion to the connecting portion, and a terminal drawing port that allows the conductor connection portion to be drawn out of the accommodating chamber toward a removal direction of the terminal portion; and a conductive component soldering a conductor to the conductor connection portion inserted into a through-hole, in which the connecting portion includes a first coupling portion that is coupled to the terminal portion, a second coupling portion that is coupled to the conductor connection portion, and a third coupling portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kotaro Wada, Naoki Takamura, Kaoru Sawairi
  • Patent number: 11799235
    Abstract: The electrical connector includes a contact module received within an insulative housing. The contact module includes an upper contact unit and a lower contacts unit stacked with each other. Each of the upper contact unit and the lower contact unit includes a front/outer contact part and a rear/inner contact part each including a plurality of side by side arranged contacts integrally formed with a plurality of plastic tie bars at different positions via insert-molding. An insulative front cover and an insulative rear cover are assembled upon the housing wherein the rear cover is forwardly assembled into the housing together with the contact module while the front cover is downwardly assembled upon the housing after the contact module has been assemble into the housing. The front cover is configured to comply with the curved resilient contacting sections of the contacts for lowering the impedance of the contacts thereabouts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignees: FOXCONN (KUNSHAN) COMPUTER CONNECTOR CO., LTD., FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Terrance F. Little, Patrick R. Casher
  • Patent number: 11764525
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes contact pins, insulating housings for containing the contact pins therein and metallic outer contacts for respectively covering the housings. Each of the contact pins includes a horizontally extending portion, a contact portion, a connection portion, a downwardly extending portion and a press-fitting shoulder extending from a side portion of a base end portion of the horizontally extending portion in a width direction thereof. A width of the press-fitting shoulder of each of the contact pins decreases from a base side toward a tip side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuma Endo, Hiroyuki Sadohara, Takahiro Kanda
  • Patent number: 11757270
    Abstract: A cable management apparatus can include a first surface configured for working and a second surface having a channel integrally formed into the apparatus material at the second surface. The channel can have sidewalls, extend longitudinally in a direction parallel to the second surface, have a longitudinal channel opening at the second surface along a substantial portion of the channel, and can be configured to hold a cable therein even when the channel opening faces downward. The cable may be curved within the channel to create elastic potential energy in the cable, and a friction force between the curved cable pushing against the channel sidewalls can hold the cable in place within the channel. The channel may form a cross-section having an undercut that is defined by ledge portions at the channel opening, and the ledge portions can hold the cable in place within the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: e.ventures Management LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Gieselmann, Nicholas Wood Allen
  • Patent number: 11728591
    Abstract: A connector includes a housing 11 and terminal fittings 12 and a terminal module 13 to be accommodated into the housing 11. The terminal module 13 includes inner conductor terminals 20 and a dielectric 21 for covering outer peripheries of the inner conductor terminals 20 and has larger external dimensions than the terminal fitting 12. A first wire 81 is connected to a rear part of the terminal fitting 12. A second wire 82 is connected to a rear part of the inner conductor terminal 20 in the terminal module 13. The connector 10 also includes a one-piece rubber plug 63. The one-piece rubber plug 60 is formed with first seal holes 62 through which the first wires 81 are passed in a liquid-tight manner, and a second seal hole 63 through which the second wire 82 is passed in a liquid-tight manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Tomoki Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11710913
    Abstract: [Problem] To allow a plurality of connection terminals to be reliably arranged in a storage case, and the storage case to be placed into a housing. [Means for Resolution] A storage case 1 has a storage portion 2 in which female connection terminals T including connection portions at front ends are arranged in parallel along storage grooves 2d, and a cover 3 that covers the storage portion 2, and tubular temporarily storing portions 2i for inserting tips of connection portions Ta of the female connection terminals T for temporary storage are provided at the fronts of the respective storage grooves 2d.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: DELTA PLUS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tsugio Ambo
  • Patent number: 11626687
    Abstract: A connector housing for an electrical plug connector includes a cable duct and an oscillation suppressor pivotable about a pivot axis into the cable duct. The cable duct receives an electrical cable of a predefined outer diameter along a plug-in direction. The cable duct in a cross section perpendicular to the plug-in direction has a clear dimension in a pivoted state of the oscillation suppressor in the cable duct equal to or less than the predefined outer diameter of the electrical cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Listing, Christoph Kosmalski, Maximilian Veihl, Sabine Schelhorn
  • Patent number: 11621512
    Abstract: A housing includes: a housing body on which a portion for abutment is formed; an assembly that is detachably assembled to the housing body; and a hinge with which the assembly is mounted on the housing body. The hinge includes (i) a connection that is arranged between the housing body and the assembly, and on which an abutment is formed, (ii) a first joint that is disposed between the housing body and the connection, and has flexibility, and (iii) a second joint that is disposed between the assembly and the connection, and has flexibility. The abutment formed on the connection is allowed to abut on the portion for abutment of the housing body by bending the first joint, and the assembly is assembled to the housing body by bending the second joint in a state in which the first joint is bent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: I-PEX Inc.
    Inventor: Koyuru Koiso
  • Patent number: 11594826
    Abstract: Provided is a cable connector which includes: a housing; and a cable holder capable of holding one end side of the cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: HIROSE ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yusuke Sakoda
  • Patent number: 11581683
    Abstract: A connector with a grommet includes a housing and a grommet. A panel hooking portion, a flange, and a locking projection are formed on an outside of the housing. The grommet includes a panel contact part that comes into tight contact with an edge of a mounting hole of a panel. A flexible arm is formed on the flange so as to protrude from the flange. The locking projection is provided at a front of the flexible arm. A sensing part configured to sense whether the locking projection is locked to the panel, is provided at a rear of the flexible arm so as to protrude outward than the flange. The sensing part is received in a receiving part formed on the panel contact part. When the locking projection is not locked to the panel, the sensing part and the receiving part tilt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuto Ohtaka, Jun Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 11553767
    Abstract: A watch system is provided, including a watchband, a lug bucket, and a puck. The watchband may include a flexible member configured to be mounted onto a wrist of a user. The lug bucket may be coupled to the electronic watch band and may include a circular ledge. The puck may include watch functionality. The puck may be configured to be removably coupled to the lug bucket. The lug bucket and the puck may have corresponding locking features that are configured to rotationally and translationally fix the puck to the lug bucket. The corresponding locking features may be configured to be engaged when the puck is translated relative to the lug bucket and rotated relative to the lug bucket by a predetermined rotation angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Peter Michael Cazalet, Gina Reimann, Jade Daniel Moreau
  • Patent number: 11552424
    Abstract: An electrical connector including an insulating body, a plurality of terminals disposed in the insulating body, a first shell sheathing the insulating body to form an insertion space for connecting to another electrical connector, and a second shell superposed on the first shell is provided. The first shell has at least one first soldering leg adjacent to the insertion space, and the second shell has at least one second soldering leg away from the insertion space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Advanced Connectek Inc.
    Inventor: Wen-Hui Su
  • Patent number: 11545777
    Abstract: A connector assembly includes a connector housing defining a cavity, a cylindrical terminal disposed within the cavity, a primary terminal locking feature configured to retain the cylindrical terminal within the cavity, and a secondary terminal locking feature configured to retain the cylindrical terminal within the cavity. The secondary terminal locking feature has a pair of arms defining concave features that engage the cylindrical terminal as the concave features of the pair of arms are wedged between the cylindrical terminal and inner walls of the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: APTIV TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventors: Rangarajan Sundarakrishnamachari, Lokesh Dayalan
  • Patent number: 11522318
    Abstract: In a connector, a main locking structure and an auxiliary locking structure are provided between a housing and a cover for maintaining the housing and the cover in a completely assembled state by locking the move of the cover in the connector removal direction with respect to the housing. The main locking structure includes: a first main locking body provided to a first housing sidewall and a second housing sidewall; and a second main locking body provided to a first cover sidewall and a second cover sidewall and engaged with the first main locking body. The auxiliary locking structure includes: a first auxiliary locking body provided to the first housing sidewall and the second housing sidewall; and a second auxiliary locking body provided to the first cover sidewall and the second cover sidewall on a second opening side than the second main locking body is.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naokazu Nagasaka, Kaoru Sawairi
  • Patent number: 11502443
    Abstract: A terminal holder to be inserted into a connector housing and a connector including the terminal holder is disclosed. The terminal holder can include a pair of locking arms facing each other, a coupling arm connecting one of the ends of the pair of locking arms opposite each other, and a supporting arm connecting inner surfaces of the pair of locking arms facing each other, wherein a locking portion is provided on an outer surface of each of the pair of locking arms opposite to the inner surface. In accordance with an aspect of an embodiment of the terminal holder of present disclosure, the insertion force for inserting the terminal holder can be effectively reduced, the breakage of the terminal holder in the insertion process can be suppressed, and the terminal retention force for holding the terminal and the retaining force between the terminal holder and the connector housing can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: YAZAKI (CHINA) INVESTMENT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lijuan Fan, Haijun Chen, Xuehua Gu
  • Patent number: 11491934
    Abstract: A structure of vehicle electric equipment including a restriction member restricting removal of a bolt for fixing a cover. The restriction member includes first and second portions. The first portion is disposed at a position overlapping with at least a part of a distal end of a connector of an electric cable when seen from an attachment/detachment direction and between the distal end and a portion of the housing opposed to the distal end in the attachment/detachment direction. The second portion is positioned on an axial extension of the bolt fixing the cover. Sum of a gap between the bolt fixing the cover and the second portion and a distance in the attachment/detachment direction between the distal end of the connector in a complete fitting state and the first portion is smaller than a length from an opening of the screw hole to a tip of the bolt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke Fukuhara, Seiichi Sato
  • Patent number: 11450985
    Abstract: A connector assembly includes a connector body defining a terminal cavity configured to receive a terminal therein and extending along a longitudinal mating axis. The connector assembly also includes a compliant seal peripherally surrounding the connector body. The connector assembly further includes a retainer that peripherally surrounds a portion of the connector body and is movable to a first position in which the retainer inhibits movement of the seal along the mating axis and allows insertion of the terminal within the terminal cavity. The retainer is further movable from the first position to a second position in which the retainer inhibits movement of the seal along the mating axis while also inhibiting removal of the terminal from the terminal cavity. A method of assembling a connector is also presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Inventors: Rangarajan Sundarakrishnamachari, Sivakumar Jogula
  • Patent number: 11443707
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes: a pixel array unit in which pixels including a liquid crystal cell are arranged in a matrix; scan lines; common wiring; and data lines, in which each of the pixels includes a pixel transistor connecting the data line and the pixel electrode, a conductive state/a non-conductive state of the pixel transistor is controlled by a scan signal voltage applied to the scan line, a signal voltage whose polarity is inverted in regular cycles is supplied to the common wiring, and at least one of a pre-charge voltage supplied to the data line prior to writing of a video signal voltage or a scan signal voltage supplied to the scan line when no pixel is selected is supplied so as to vary in accordance with the position at which the pixels are selected row by row in the pixel array unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroshi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11424575
    Abstract: The application discloses a terminal retainer and a mating terminal retainer. The terminal retainer has a plate body and a terminal isolation plate, wherein the plate body is provided with a plurality of first through-holes and/or a plurality of second through-holes; the terminal isolation plate has one end thereof disposed on the plate body and extends to a selected height from the plate body. The terminal retainer provided by the application can help a connection terminal to be stable and firm. During plugging in, the terminal retainer can prevent the connection terminal from being bent or broken under stress thereby to be safe and convenient for use. The terminal retainer is provided with a bushing, so that the connection terminals can be isolated from each other to avoid mutual interference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co, Ltd.
    Inventors: Feng Wan, Haomai Yin
  • Patent number: 11336046
    Abstract: A connector includes a terminal, a housing to accommodate the terminal and a retainer including a locking portion to lock the terminal when the terminal is accommodated in the housing. The housing includes a front housing having a terminal accommodating chamber and a rear housing to be attached to the front housing from a rear side of an insertion direction of the terminal, the rear housing including a lance to, when the terminal is accommodated in the terminal accommodating chamber, lock a rear portion of the terminal. The retainer is to be attached between the front housing and the rear housing and to be displaceable along a direction perpendicular to the insertion direction between a locking position and a non-locking position. The retainer moves from the non-locking position to the locking position and the locking portion locks the rear portion of the terminal in the insertion direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro Saito, Tsutomu Sawada
  • Patent number: 11329416
    Abstract: A connector apparatus includes a housing having an upper surface portion formed with an accommodation space, and a position assurance to be inserted into the accommodation space of the housing. When the position assurance is mounted in the housing, a mounting portion of the position assurance is exposed on a side surface portion of the housing, such that visibility at the time of work is improved. In addition, the position assurance is connected to the housing in a catching structure, such that it is easy to mount and demount the position assurance and mounting strength is secured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jong Soo Kim, Yong Soo Jung
  • Patent number: 11228131
    Abstract: Connector apparatus having a female connector assembly and a male connector assembly. The female connector assembly includes a female housing, a connector position assurance (CPA) member for assuring the engagement of the male connector assembly with the female connector assembly, and a first terminal position assurance (TPA) member for assuring that terminals for the female connector assembly are positioned properly. The female housing further includes a connector latch used to securely hold together a connector apparatus. The female housing has TPA protection ribs and CPA protection walls. The male housing has TPA protection ribs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: J.S.T. CORPORATION
    Inventors: Khalid Jabrane, Franklin A. Holub, Rajit Abraham
  • Patent number: 11223154
    Abstract: Connector apparatus having a female connector assembly and a male connector assembly. The female connector assembly includes a female housing, a connector position assurance (CPA) member for assuring the engagement of the male connector assembly with the female connector assembly, and a first terminal position assurance (TPA) member for assuring that terminals for the female connector assembly are positioned properly. The female housing further includes a connector latch used to securely hold together a connector apparatus. The female housing has TPA protection ribs and CPA protection walls. The male housing has TPA protection ribs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: J.S.T. CORPORATION
    Inventors: Khalid Jabrane, Franklin A. Holub, Rajit Abraham
  • Patent number: 11139605
    Abstract: The invention relates to a plug connection (1) having a plug connector (2) and a mating plug connector (3). The plug connector (2) and the mating plug connector (3) can be plugged together in order to form the plug connection (1), wherein the plug connector (2) has a contact support (4) with at least one contact chamber for receiving a contact partner, the contact support (4) is inserted into an outer housing (5) of the plug connector (2), each contact partner is primarily locked in the respective contact chamber, and a secondary lock (6) is provided for a secondary locking of the contact partners in the respective contact chambers. The invention is characterized in that the outer housing (5) has at least one locking hook (13) which interacts with the contact support (4). The contact support (4) has a hook mating geometry (14), and the at least one locking hook (13) is aligned diagonally to a central axis of the outer housing (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: HIRSCHMANN AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Metzler, Markus Kalb, Dominic Pfeiffer
  • Patent number: 11108189
    Abstract: A connector remains attached to a vehicle body and prevents water intrusion during high-pressure washing. The connector with cover is mounted on a vehicle body. The connector includes a wire, a connector housing including a housing body having a wire holding portion for holding an end of the wire, and a cassette continuous with the housing body and having an insertion slot in one surface. A sealing member seals a clearance between the wire holding portion and the wire by being mounted on the wire, and a cover covers the wire holding portion and the wire by being assembled with the connector housing. The cover includes a bracket having an insertion piece to be inserted into the cassette through the insertion slot, the bracket is assembled with the cassette, and a vehicle body mounting portion is connected to the bracket and mounted on the vehicle body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Inventor: Noboru Moriyama
  • Patent number: 11101602
    Abstract: A connector structure enables the replacement of an STP cable (10B) and a UTP cable (10A) without making a large structural change. UTP connection terminals (21A) to be connected to respective wires (11) of the UTP cable (10A) are arranged to be proximate in a width direction by being accommodated into accommodating portions (26) of a UTP dielectric (22A) proximate in the width direction. STP connection terminals (21B) to be connected to respective wires (11) of the STP cable (10B) are farther apart in the width direction than the UTP connection terminals (21A) by being accommodated in accommodating portions (26) of an STP dielectric (22B) spaced apart in the width direction. The UTP connection terminals and the STP connection terminals are set such that protrusions (34) projecting out from box portions (27) in a common direction when accommodated in the accommodating portions (26).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyoshi Maesoba, Toshifumi Ichio
  • Patent number: 11095064
    Abstract: A connector structure has a housing including a connection portion and a retainer to be attached to the connection portion from a lateral side of the connection portion and to lock, when the retainer is attached to the connection portion, the terminal. The connection portion includes an upper portion and a lower portion, at least one of which having a guide rail. The retainer includes a pair of plate portions and a coupling portion coupling the plate portions to each other at a first side of the retainer, the retainer being to be attached to the connection portion from a second side of the retainer, the second side being opposite to the first side. At least one of the plate portions has a slide rail to engage with the guide rail when the retainer is attached to the connection portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuhide Ikeya, Hikaru Anma, Sho Kasuya
  • Patent number: 11050182
    Abstract: A connector includes a housing having a terminal receiving chamber having an opening on one or both of opposite sides in a preset direction crossing an insertion direction of a connection terminal; and a side retainer having a pair of opposed plate portions disposed in positions to sandwich the housing from the opposite sides in the preset direction. The side retainer is attached laterally to the housing and movably supported on the housing to move between a temporary locking position to temporarily lock the connection terminal and a formal locking position to formally lock the connection terminal. One or both of the opposed plate portions of the side retainer covers one or both of the opposite sides of the terminal receiving chamber when the side retainer locates at the formal locking position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryosuke Ohfuku, Tomoyoshi Fukaya, Takahiro Ohmoto, Masaru Shinmura, Yu Saito, Yuki Goto, Takashi Endo, Kazuyuki Iwashita, Kazuhide Ikeya
  • Patent number: 11031717
    Abstract: The disclosure includes a housing including a first plate, a second plate, and a side member surrounding a space between the first and second plates, a printed circuit board disposed in the space and including an opening, a first conductive structure disposed in the space, a second conductive structure disposed in the space, and a flexible conductive member located between the first and second conductive structures through the opening to construct an electrical path between the first and second conductive structures. The flexible conductive member may include a base, a first flexible portion having a first height from the base, protruding from the base toward the first plate, and in contact with the first conductive structure, and a second flexible portion having a second height from the base, protruding from the base toward the second plate, and in contact with the second conductive structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yonglak Cho, Jeongki Park, Mihyun Kim, Jeongyong Lee, Choonggeun Lee, Dongjin Chung, Jangwon Hur, Jiwoo Lee
  • Patent number: 11005210
    Abstract: An electrical connector comprises a plurality of conductive terminals, a housing and a holder. The housing has a plurality of terminal receiving grooves which extend forwardly from a rear end face of the housing and receive the terminals respectively and a locking structure which is formed to a top surface of the housing. The holder is provided to the housing, the holder has a transverse frame portion which extends in a transverse direction, a plurality of positioning arms which obliquely extend downwardly and forwardly from the frame portion and are respectively inserted into the grooves, and a lock plate portion which extends forwardly from a top of the frame portion to above a top surface of the housing and has elasticity, the arms respectively position the terminals along slopes inside the grooves, the lock plate portion has a lock structure which is locked with a locking structure of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventor: Yan Tian
  • Patent number: 10992091
    Abstract: An electrical plug accommodates many different angular configurations of electrical contacts, has a modular design, and is sturdy and robust. In one embodiment, a reconfigurable power cord assembly includes an electrical plug having a plug body having a plurality of cavities, each cavity for receiving a single electrical contact, at least one cavity configured to allow the respective electrical contact to be positioned at one of a plurality of angular positions, each electrical contact being supported within its cavity by a contact retainer that mounts within the plug body to secure respective electrical contacts within the plug body in a predetermined orientation, wherein the plug body is configured to accommodate a plurality of electrical contact orientations, the contact retainer being removably and rotatably attached to the interior of the plug body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Jack Enterprises LLC
    Inventor: Kylan Feld
  • Patent number: 10978829
    Abstract: An electrical connector may be provided for connection to a mating electrical contact in an insertion direction. The connector has an inner casing in which an electrical bushing contact having a locking element, which can be moved parallel to the insertion direction for setting a contact force, can be fixed to the mating contact, which can be inserted into the bushing contact. At least one axial end of the locking element may protrude laterally out of the inner casing. The connector also has an outer casing in which the inner casing can be accommodated. A locking element fixing means, which can be fixed on the outer casing in a stationary manner against movement parallel to the insertion direction and also engages in the axial end of the locking element, is also provided, allowing a movement of the inner casing relative to the outer casing parallel to the insertion direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: LISA DRAEXLMAIER GMBH
    Inventors: Stefan Wimmer, Martin Allersdorfer
  • Patent number: 10971851
    Abstract: The present invention aims to miniaturize a housing. Disclosed is a connector including a female housing (10) having a terminal accommodating chamber (11) formed therein, a first terminal fitting (24) inserted into the terminal accommodating chamber (11), an elastically displaceable lock arm (12) formed in the female housing (10), an accommodating recess (14) formed in the female housing (10) and communicating with a deflection space (13) of the lock arm (12), a terminal holding member (41) mounted in the accommodating recess (14), and a pair of second terminal fittings (58) connected to a twisted pair wire (59) and attached to the terminal holding member (41).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Inventors: Tetsuya Miyamura, Masaaki Tabata, Yasuo Omori, Hajime Matsui, Hiroshi Kobayashi, Motoya Hara, Ryutaro Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 10944224
    Abstract: A joint connector includes a plurality of target terminals (40), a joint terminal (10) connected to the respective target terminals (40) for short-circuiting the respective target terminals (40), and a housing (60) for accommodating the respective target terminals (40). The target terminal (40) includes a coupling portion (44) located between a body portion (42) and a crimping portion (43) to couple the both and having a concave cross-section. The joint terminal (10) includes a base portion (11) and a plurality of contact pieces (12) projecting from the base portion (11) and moves to an entrance position where the respective contact pieces (12) are inserted into the coupling portions (44) of the respective target terminals (40) after the respective target terminals 40 are accommodated into the housing (60). Each contact piece (42) resiliently contacts an inner surface of the corresponding coupling portion 44 at the entrance position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Inventors: Yukihiro Fukatsu, Toshikazu Sakurai
  • Patent number: 10938140
    Abstract: In order to eliminate the need to provide a connector including a side retainer with an additional waterproof seal for the side retainer, the connector includes a terminal holder in which the side retainer is mounted, and the terminal holder is configured to define access passages such that a tool for moving the side retainer between first and second positions can be inserted into an inlet of the terminal holder so as to reach inclined cam surfaces of the side retainer and move the side retainer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: NIPPON TANSHI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinya Enomoto, Osamu Nishimura
  • Patent number: 10923847
    Abstract: A male terminal position assurance (TPA) device for a male connector assembly, preferably for a high voltage connector assembly. The male TPA has a substantially wing-like shaped upper member that respectively locks terminals inside a male inner housing, and further has a flexible arm member, in a lower member thereof, that locks the male TPA device in the male inner housing. The male TPA device does not lock inside the male inner housing if it detects that the corresponding terminal has not been fully inserted or installed into the male inner housing. The male inner housing includes a primarily lock for locking the terminal, while the male TPA device, when in full-lock position, provides for a secondary lock for locking the terminal inside the inner housing. When in the full-lock position inside the male inner housing, the male TPA device assures that the necessary retention forces are provided to ensure that the terminal remains fully locked within the male connector assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: J.S.T. CORPORATION
    Inventors: David Demaratos, Frank Holub
  • Patent number: 10916876
    Abstract: A terminal unit (30) includes inner conductors (31) having tabs (33) projecting from body portions (32) and a dielectric (40) configured to hold the inner conductors (31) while accommodating the bodies (32), and is mountable into a selected one of a first housing (10) and a second housing (20). The terminal unit (30) inserted into the first housing (10) is retained by a front retainer (17) restricting the resilient deflection of a first locking lance (14) and a first locking portion (47) being locked to the first locking lance (14). The terminal unit (30) inserted into the second housing (20) is retained by the locking of the first locking portion (47) and a second locking lance (22) and the locking of second locking portions (51) of the dielectric (40) and a side retainer (25).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyoshi Maesoba, Toshifumi Ichio
  • Patent number: 10903605
    Abstract: A housing (10) includes a terminal holding portion (12) and a fitting space (23) facing the front surface of the terminal holding portion (12). A retainer (33) is mounted in a front part of the terminal holding portion (12). The retainer (33) is movable between a partial locking position and a full locking position. A moving plate (44) facing the front surface of the retainer (33) is accommodated in the fitting space (23), and the moving plate (44) is formed with openings (48) penetrating in the front-rear direction. The retainer (33) is formed with operated portions (41) facing the openings (48) from behind, and a tool (51, 52, 54) inserted into the opening (48) can contact the operated portion (41).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Inventors: Yuma Mamiya, Shinjiro Kida, Sho Saito
  • Patent number: 10895756
    Abstract: Data sets DS4 to DS6 each consisting of plural linear functions obtained by approximating an output characteristic of a Y-axis rotation position detection Hall element H2 and a data set DS2 consisting of plural linear functions obtained by approximating an output characteristic of an and the X-axis position detection Hall element H1 are stored for each of plural positions in a direction X in a ROM of a memory. A system controller detects a position of a movable member in the direction X based on the data set DS2 and an output signal of the X-axis position detection Hall element H1, then selects the data set corresponding to the position among the data sets DS4 to DS6, and detects a position of the movable member in a direction Y based on the selected data set and an output signal of the Y-axis rotation position detection Hall element H2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Kohei Awazu, Yasuhiro Miwa
  • Patent number: 10886656
    Abstract: An automotive electrical plug connector and an automotive electrical receptacle connector mating with the automotive electrical plug connector are provided. The automotive electrical plug connector includes an insulated housing electrical plug connector includes an insulated housing, plug terminals, terminal fixing plates, and a positioning member. Upper and lower surfaces of the insulated housing has buckling grooves for positioning the terminal fixing plates, so that the front ends of the terminal fixing plates are abutted against the plug terminals, and the plug terminals can be prevented from detaching off terminal grooves of the insulated housing. Moreover, when the positioning member is assembled in an engaging groove at the side surface of the insulated housing, the positioning member is moved from a movable position to a locked position, and the automotive electrical plug connector and the automotive electrical receptacle connector can be locked with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: ADVANCED-CONNECTEK INC.
    Inventors: Shu-Lin Duan, Wei Wan, Hua-Yan Wu
  • Patent number: 10879644
    Abstract: A busbar component constructing a terminal block has a busbar, a circular O-ring attached to a busbar main body of the busbar, and a holder attached to the busbar main body through an insertion hole of the holder. The busbar main body is formed with a busbar-side engagement portion. A holder main body is arranged between a busbar-side engagement portion and the O-ring. The holder main body is formed with a ring-shaped pressing portion on one opening side of the insertion hole. The holder main body is formed with, on another opening side of the insertion hole, a holder-side engagement portion which is engaged with the busbar-side engagement portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yukihiro Kawamura, Naoki Isaka
  • Patent number: 10873150
    Abstract: A housing tool that houses an intersecting terminal metal fitting with an electric wire includes a first housing member and a second housing member integrated by fitting cylinder opening parts to each other in an inserting manner. The first housing member includes a first housing chamber that houses a terminal connection part of the terminal metal fitting, a terminal insertion port, and an opening of an opening part of the first housing member through which the terminal metal fitting at an electric wire connection part side is drawn out to the outside. The second housing member includes a second housing chamber that houses the electric wire connection part drawn out from the opening with the end of the electric wire, an electric wire drawing port, and an opening of an opening part of the second housing member through which the terminal metal fitting is drawn out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuki Miyazawa
  • Patent number: 10859848
    Abstract: An image shake correction device includes: a movable member that is supported to be movable in plural directions along a flat surface; a circuit board that is fixed to the movable member; an imager that is mounted on the circuit board; and plural position detectors fixed to a rear surface of the circuit board opposite to a surface of the circuit board on which the imager is mounted to detect a position of the movable member in a movement direction of the movable member by a change of a magnetic field supplied from the rear surface side of the circuit board, plural circuit elements including magnetic materials is formed on the rear surface of the circuit board, and a high-density region is formed in a second region as defined herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Kouhei Awazu