Contacts Arranged For Sequential Connection Patents (Class 439/924.1)
  • Patent number: 11937776
    Abstract: A medical device includes an instrument connector. The instrument connector includes a main body and a coupler fixedly attached to the mail body. The main body includes a first interface for a first operational channel for the medical device. The coupler is configured to receive a portion of a cable assembly including a second interface for a second operational channel for the medical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
    Inventor: Rumen Deyanov
  • Patent number: 11942713
    Abstract: An electrical connector according to an embodiment includes a plurality of signal contacts with an electrically conductive property, a housing with an insulation property, and a shell with an electrically conductive property. The plurality of signal contacts are arrayed along a first direction of the electrical connector and are held by the housing. The shell covers each of a plurality of outer surfaces of the housing that exclude a surface that faces a principal surface of a wiring substrate, and faces a connection part(s) that is/are connected to the wiring substrate on an outer surface of the housing and the plurality of signal contacts, with a gap(s), in a second direction that is a direction along the principal surface of the wiring substrate and is orthogonal to the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: I-PEX Inc.
    Inventor: Koji Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 11695230
    Abstract: A connector includes a pair of terminals. Each of the terminals includes a first sub-terminal having a first fixation part and a plurality of first elastic arms extending from the first fixation part, and a second sub-terminal having a second fixation part and a plurality of second elastic arms extending from the second fixation part. The first fixation part of the first sub-terminal is laminated on the second fixation part of the second sub-terminal, and the plurality of first elastic arms and the plurality of second elastic arms are alternately arranged in a row for electrically contacting with a shared bus bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jiaoyong Liu, Jie Luo, Guangming Zhao
  • Patent number: 11626681
    Abstract: A hybrid edge connector includes an insulative housing with a slot lined with signal terminals, in a signal portion, and power terminals in a power portion. The power terminals may be made with multiple layers, with each layer formed into one or more fingers. Each finger may be configured to make contact with an edge of a card inserted in the slot such that each terminal has multiple contact points to the card and can carry a large current. To support a large current, the card may be a hybrid card, with a signal portion formed using a conventional PCB manufacturing techniques and a power portion formed with one or more blades mechanically coupled to the signal portion. The slot in the connector housing may have different widths in the signal and power portions and the center lines of those portions may be offset with respect to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: FCI USA LLC
    Inventors: Rongzhe Guo, Clarence Randall Fry, Chao Zou
  • Patent number: 11557844
    Abstract: A terminal includes a conductor connecting part, a terminal connecting part, and a graphene film. When a first metal material and a third metal material forming a conductor of an electric wire have different ionization tendencies, the graphene film is provided to be arranged between a first surface and the conductor of the electric wire when the conductor of the electric wire is electrically connected to the conductor connecting part. When a second metal material and a fourth metal material forming a surface of an opposite terminal have different ionization tendencies, the graphene film is provided to be arranged between a second surface and the surface of the opposite terminal when the opposite terminal is electrically connected to the terminal connecting part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroki Kawai
  • Patent number: 11476608
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulating body, a plurality of signal terminals assembled to the insulating body, and a plurality of power terminals assembled to the insulating body. The plurality of the power terminals surround and are spaced from the plurality of the signal terminals. Each power terminal has a base plate. Two opposite sides of the base plate extend towards the plurality of the signal terminals to form two bending arms. Two free ends of the two bending arms extend towards each other to form two connecting portions. A middle of a rear end of the base plate slantwise extends inward and towards the docking connector to form one first elastic arm. Two rear ends of the two connecting portions slantwise extend inward and towards the docking connector to form two second elastic arms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: CHENG UEI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chun-Fu Lin, Sheng-Nan Yu, Chih-Chiang Lin
  • Patent number: 11374360
    Abstract: An electrical contact for an electrical connector includes a body having a mounting end and a mating end, a contact beam, and an anchoring region. The contact beam includes first and second edges that are laterally spaced from one another, and first and second broadsides that extend between the first and second edges. The anchoring region includes first, second, and intermediate portions. The first portion extends from the contact beam towards the mounting end, and has a first side that is spaced laterally outwards from the first edge. The second portion extends from the mounting end towards the first portion, and has a first side that is spaced laterally outwards from the first edge. The intermediate portion extends between the first portion and the second portion, and has a first side that is recessed laterally inwards from the first sides of the first and second portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: SAMTEC, INC.
    Inventors: Chadrick Paul Faith, Gary Ellsworth Biddle, Randall Eugene Musser, Jonathan Earl Buck
  • Patent number: 11349256
    Abstract: A connector includes an outer housing, an inner housing fitted to the outer housing, and a detection member assembled to the outer housing and restricted from being separated in a removal direction. The detection member has a flexible lock arm and a member-side protrusion formed on a free end side of the lock arm and facing an outer-side protrusion in the removal direction in an assembled state. When a locking arm gets over the outer-side protrusion and is locked to the outer-side protrusion, the locking arm moves in an insertion direction while being elastically deformed, and elastically returns after getting over the outer-side protrusion to press the member-side protrusion outward an inner housing accommodating space, so that the lock arm allows the outer-side protrusion and the member-side protrusion to be in a non-facing state in the insertion/removal direction, and allows the detection member to be separated in the removal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tetsuya Sekino
  • Patent number: 8961242
    Abstract: A connection plug for a portable terminal includes a plurality of plug connection terminals of different types disposed on one plane in a case and connected with socket connection terminals mounted to a socket. Here, ends of the plurality of plug connection terminals to be connected with the socket connection terminals are disposed in different positions. The plurality of plug connection terminals are in different lengths. Accordingly, since different types of plug connection terminals of the connection plug are mounted on one plane such that the ends of the plug connection terminals are disposed in different positions, thickness of the connection plug may be minimized. Also, different functions may be performed with one connection plug. In addition, since different plug connection terminals are in different lengths, connection between the respective connection terminals may be stably achieved when the connection plug is inserted in the socket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics AMP Korea Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung-Hoon Kim, Jeong-Han Gong
  • Patent number: 8896153
    Abstract: An electric power supplying system includes at least two systems each including a bus line which is formed by at least two conductors and on which an information signal representing information is superimposed on electric power, a power supply server which is connected to the bus line and which supplies the electric power, and a client connected to the bus line to receive the supply of the electric power from the power supply server. The two systems are connected to each other by connecting the bus lines using conductors. The conductors include a connector having at least two electrodes that connect with each of the conductors. The connector has a structure in which, when the connector is connected to the bus line, one of the electrodes is connected to the bus line before the other of the electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Shigeru Tajima
  • Patent number: 8801163
    Abstract: A printing material container detachably attachable to a printing apparatus having apparatus-side terminals. The container can comprise an electrical device, a memory device and a plurality of terminals. First and second terminals can be coupled to the electrical device and a plurality of memory terminals can be coupled to the memory device. Terminal contact portions are present where the terminals contact a respective apparatus side contact forming member. A short detection contact portion can be positioned to contact a contact forming member that itself is coupled to a short detection circuit of the printing apparatus. The terminals can be arranged with the memory terminal contact portions located to the left of the second terminal contact portion and to the right of the first terminal contact portion. The contact portion that is second farthest to the right can be the third contact portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Noboru Asauchi
  • Patent number: 8794749
    Abstract: A printing material container detachably attachable to a printing apparatus having apparatus-side terminals. The container can comprise an electrical device, a memory device and a plurality of terminals. First and second terminals can be coupled to the electrical device and a plurality of memory terminals can be coupled to the memory device. Terminal contact portions are present where the terminals contact a respective apparatus side contact forming member. A short detection contact portion can be positioned to contact a contact forming member that itself is coupled to a short detection circuit of the printing apparatus. The terminals can be arranged with the memory terminal contact portions located to the left of the second terminal contact portion and to the right of the first terminal contact portion. The contact portion that is second farthest to the right can be the third contact portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Noboru Asauchi
  • Patent number: 8715019
    Abstract: An electrical connection device comprises a first connector and a second connector which are mated with each other. The first connector comprises a first insulative housing and a first terminal group. Two terminals of the first terminal group are first protruding terminals, and one other terminal of the first terminal group is a first non-protruding terminal. The second connector comprises a second insulative housing and a second terminal group. At least one terminal of the second terminal group is second protruding terminal and two other terminals of the second terminal group are second non-protruding terminals so that the number of the second protruding terminal is less than the number of the first protruding terminals. The second protruding terminal mates with one of the first protruding terminals and one of the first protruding terminals mates with a second non-protruding terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Molex Incorporated
    Inventor: Yi-Tse Ho
  • Patent number: 8696373
    Abstract: An object is to surely connect and disconnect the safety circuit for connectors with good workability. A low insertion force connector unit with a safety circuit unit 1 is adopted. The low insertion force connector unit with a safety circuit unit 1 includes: a driving lever 5 having an arc-shaped gear 6, an arc-shaped notch 34 continued to the gear, an arc-shaped cam groove 16 formed in the same radius from a center axis ‘m’, and a straight groove 17 continued to the cam groove; a gear unit 8 having a circular gear 10 meshed with the arc-shaped gear and a spiral groove 9, and attached to the one connector 2; a first driven projection 11 provided on the other connector 3, and engaged with the spiral groove; one small connector 13 of the safety circuit unit 12 provided on the one connector movably in a connector fitting direction; a second driven projection 22 provided on the one small connector; and the other small connector 14 of the safety circuit unit 12 fixed to the other connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Sachiko Yagome, Ayumu Ishikawa, Kazuki Zaitsu
  • Patent number: 8672696
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide a hybrid connector and a cable with the connector which correct a positional error of connector units and enable to connect connectors when they are connected and even if there is a small positional error of the connection unit. [Solving Means] A hybrid connector holds plural connector units 2a to 4b in a common connector housing 5a, 5b. Each of the plural connector units is held individually movably in a direction (XY) orthogonal to an axial direction (Z) of connection. The connector unit is preferably movably held through a holding member 18 formed by an elastic matter. Front edges at the fitting start of the plural connector units 2a to 4b are tapered, and the connector units move along tapered portions in the connection fitting time. The plural connector units may be different in front-edge fitting start position along a connecting direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Wataru Sakurai
  • Patent number: 8662927
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing, a contact module inserted into the insulative housing, a metal shell locked to the insulative housing, a number of cables and an outer shell over-molding the metal shell and the cables. The contact module includes an insulative block and a number of contacts embedded in the insulative block. The contacts include a plurality of cantilevered contacting portions extending beyond the insulative block and a plurality of soldering pads exposed on the insulative block. The cantilevered contacting portions of all the contacts overlap each other from a side view, while the soldering pads of all the contacts are alternately arranged in two parallel planes, respectively, from the side view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Alltop Electronics (Suzhou) Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Wang-I Yu, Hung-Chi Tai, Yung-Chih Hung
  • Patent number: 8657633
    Abstract: A connector according to the present invention comprises a housing and a plurality of contacts. The housing includes a mating portion having a plate shape. The mating portion projects forward and has an upper surface and a bottom surface. The plurality of contacts is held by the housing. Each of the contacts comprises a contact portion, an end portion and a flat portion. The contact portion extends in a connection direction and is exposed at the upper surface of the mating portion. The end portion is embedded in the mating portion. The flat portion forms a boundary between the contact portion and the end portion and does not projects from the upper surface. The flat portion is able to be viewed from above the upper surface of the mating portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited
    Inventors: Jun Shindo, Masaki Kimura, Kazuaki Ibaraki
  • Patent number: 8545045
    Abstract: Modular LED lighting systems can provide under-cabinet lighting. According to some embodiments, an LED lighting system may be provided with at least one LED light strip, a switch unit, and a removable electrical connector electrically connecting the at least one LED light strip to the switch unit in an end-to-end configuration. According to other embodiments, a modular under-cabinet LED lighting system may be provided having a plurality of LED light strip units having a female power receptacle at each end thereof, and at least one removable electrical connector received within respective female power receptacles at respective ends of an adjacent pair of the LED light strip units to electrically connect the pair of LED light strip units in series one to another in an end-to-end configuration. Because of the modular nature of the various components, a lighting system tailored to a specific under-cabinet lighting need can be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Rev-A-Shelf Company, LLC
    Inventor: Christopher Tress
  • Patent number: 8454116
    Abstract: A printing material container detachably attachable to a printing apparatus having apparatus-side terminals. The container can comprise an electrical device, a memory device and a plurality of terminals. First and second terminals can be coupled to the electrical device and a plurality of memory terminals can be coupled to the memory device. Terminal contact portions are present where the terminals contact a respective apparatus side contact forming member. A short detection contact portion can be positioned to contact a contact forming member that itself is coupled to a short detection circuit of the printing apparatus. The terminals can be arranged with the memory terminal contact portions located to the left of the second terminal contact portion and to the right of the first terminal contact portion. The contact portion that is second farthest to the right can be the third contact portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Noboru Asauchi
  • Patent number: 8382492
    Abstract: A domestic appliance that includes at least one mains connection for the supply of power to the domestic appliance from a building supply mains. In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, the mains connection may include data transfer contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Reinhard Hering, Stephan Lutz, Bruno Reiter, Michael Rosenbauer, Martin Stickel
  • Patent number: 8382250
    Abstract: A printing material container is detachably attachable to a printing apparatus having a plurality of apparatus-side terminals. The printing material container comprises a first device, a second device, and a terminal group that includes a plurality of first terminals, at least one second terminal and at least one third terminal. The plurality of first terminals are connected to the first device and respectively include a first contact portion for contacting a corresponding terminal among the plurality of apparatus-side terminals. The at least one second terminal is connected to the second device and includes a second contact portion for contacting a corresponding terminal among the plurality of apparatus-side terminals. The at least one third terminal is for the detection of shorting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Noboru Asauchi
  • Patent number: 8376785
    Abstract: An electrical connector having an insulative housing, a plurality of first terminals and a plurality of second terminals. The first terminals are disposed in the insulative housing. Each of the first terminals has a first contact portion, a first solder portion, and a first connection portion between the first contact portion and the first solder portion. The plurality of second terminals are also disposed in the insulative housing. Each of the second terminals has a second contact portion, a second solder portion, and a second connection portion between the second contact portion and the second solder portion. The first solder portions of the first terminals and the second solder portions of the second terminals are arranged in two rows in a lateral direction, respectively. The row of the first solder portions is separated from the row of the second solder portions by a predetermined distance in a longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignees: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K., Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Doron Lapidot, Zhiqiang Li, Huibin Li
  • Patent number: 8366233
    Abstract: A printing material container is detachably attachable to a printing apparatus having a plurality of apparatus-side terminals. The printing material container comprises a first device, a second device, and a terminal group that includes a plurality of first terminals, at least one second terminal and at least one third terminal. The plurality of first terminals are connected to the first device and respectively include a first contact portion for contacting a corresponding terminal among the plurality of apparatus-side terminals. The at least one second terminal is connected to the second device and includes a second contact portion for contacting a corresponding terminal among the plurality of apparatus-side terminals. The at least one third terminal is for the detection of shorting between the at least one second terminal and the at least one third terminal and includes a third contact portion for contacting a corresponding terminal among the plurality of apparatus-side terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Noboru Asauchi
  • Patent number: 8282406
    Abstract: An electrical connector having electrostatic discharge protection comprises a body and an electrostatic discharge dissipative element. The body defines a socket having electrical contacts configured to make electrical contact with electrical contacts along a bottom surface of a component module when the component module is inserted in the socket. The electrostatic discharge dissipative element is configured to make contact with the electrical contacts along the bottom surface of the component module before the electrical contacts along the bottom surface of the component module make contact with the electrical contacts of the socket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: David A Pipho, David W Kuehl, Patrick R Conway
  • Patent number: 8267723
    Abstract: A floor-mounted domestic appliance includes an A.C. power connector that supplies the appliance with electric energy, an appliance outlet that corresponds to the A.C. power connector, wherein the appliance outlet comprises a terminal block for establishing an electrically conducting connection to a power supply lead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Reinhard Hering, Stephan Lutz, Bruno Reiter, Michael Rosenbauer, Martin Stickel
  • Patent number: 8246367
    Abstract: A connecting structure reduces noise effects on an electronic device when hot docking the electronic device to mitigate against malfunctions. When a first electronic device having a first EMI shield is docked with a second electronic device having a second EMI shield, an ESD contact portion, which is connected to the second EMI shield and has higher in impedance than an EMI connecting portion, comes in contact with the first EMI shield earlier than the EMI connecting portion. Electrostatic charge carried on the first EMI shield moves slowly to the second EMI shield due to the high impedance of the ESD contact portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuo Horiuchi, Fumio Tamura, Hiroaki Agata
  • Patent number: 8157590
    Abstract: A jack side connector configured to be connected to a plug side connector, the plug side connector including a plug side signal contact and a plug side ground contact extending from a holding part, the jack side connector includes a jack side signal contact and a jack side ground contact configured to come in contact with the plug side signal contact and the plug side ground contact, respectively, so that electric conduction between the plug side connector and the jack side connector is made when the plug side connector is connected to the jack side connector, wherein the jack side ground contact includes a first contact part and a second contact part, and when the plug side connector is connected to the jack side connector, the electric conduction between the plug side connector and the jack side connector is made by the first contact part and the second contact part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Fujitsu Component Limited
    Inventors: Toru Yamakami, Takeshi Okuyama, Tadashi Kumamoto
  • Patent number: 8152558
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a universal serial bus (USB) connector for use in a base unit in a car kit comprising at least two pairs of shielded connection lines. It further relates to a USB cable for providing a shielded connection between a mobile unit and a car kit adaptor. The USB connector for use in a base unit in a car-kit comprises two twin axial connectors (430) including two inner contacts separated by a dielectric and further adapted to be connected to respective complementary connectors and two pairs of shielded connection lines (104 and 104?). Each pair is connected to a twin axial connector (430). Further, a shielded USB bridge (100) connects the two pairs of connection lines (104 and 104?) to four cable terminations (106) to form a USB line (108). The bridge (100) is mounted in the base unit (400?) with the twin axial connectors (430) located in modified guide gins (441) that extend from the base unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Belgium EC NV
    Inventors: Johannes Marcelus Broeksteeg, Lieven Decrock, Peter Dirk Jaeger
  • Patent number: 8043123
    Abstract: A power receptacle for a portable electronic device suitable for connecting a power plug is provided. The power plug has a tubular terminal and a clamping terminal in the tubular terminal. The power receptacle includes an insulating housing, an anode terminal, and a cathode terminal. The insulating housing has a receiving cavity, and the power plug is suitable for being plug in the receiving cavity. The anode terminal disposed in the insulating housing is located at the central part of the receiving cavity. The cathode terminal disposed in the insulating housing is located at a side of the receiving cavity. During a process of plugging the power plug into the receiving cavity, the tubular terminal contacts the cathode terminal, and then the clamping terminal contacts the anode terminal, so that the power plug is electrically connected to the power receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Compal Electronics, Inc.
    Inventor: Sheng-Ming Hsieh
  • Patent number: 8021176
    Abstract: A power supply connector is provided, which is applicable to both large current charging and low current charging, the power supply connector being able to not only maintain the accuracy of monitoring low current charging and the volumetric efficiency of a board by appropriately arranging two types of connector parts, but also contribute to the downsizing of the power supply connector and improvement of the reliability thereof by striking a balance between the volumetric efficiency and the heat radiation characteristics, and ensure safety in the use of the power supply connector while reducing the cost. Insertion holes 4 and connector pins 2 that configure a large current charging connector part are disposed in the vicinity of both ends of the power supply connector 1. There are disposed a plug insertion hole 9 and low current charging connector pins 11 that configure a low current charging connector part held between the insertion holes 4 and the connector pins 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Masahiro Sekino, Norio Shimizu, Nagaaki Muro, Yuusaku Hata, Tsutomu Kanetsuna, Kazuhide Ashida, Shun Egusa, Kenji Sato, Kenji Shigehisa
  • Patent number: 8007315
    Abstract: An electrical connector system includes a circuit board having a mounting side and first and second electrical connectors mounted to the mounting side of the circuit board. The first and second electrical connectors each having a mating interface. The first and second electrical connectors being mounted to the circuit board in an offset configuration such that the mating interfaces of the first and second electrical connectors are parallel to one another and non-coplanar with respect to one another. Optionally, the mating interfaces may be perpendicular to the mounting side. The first and second electrical connectors may be identical to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Robert Neil Whiteman, Jr.
  • Patent number: 8002589
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing including a rear base portion and a front tongue portion extending from the base portion along the mating direction, a number of first conductive contacts held in the insulative housing, a number of second conductive contacts held in the insulative housing, and a retainer assembled to the tongue portion of the insulative housing. Each first conductive contact includes a nonelastic first mating portion exposed beyond the tongue portion. The retainer includes opposite first and second faces and defines a number of receiving slots recessed from at least one of the first and second faces to receive the nonelastic first mating portions of the first conductive contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Alltop Electronics (Suzhou) Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Wang-I Yu, Hung-Chi Tai, Yong Gang Zhang
  • Patent number: 7955138
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing and a plurality of first contacts received in the housing. The insulative housing includes a base face and a number of first receiving grooves recessed perpendicularly from the base face. Each first contact has base portions assembled to the first contact groove. A first shifting portion defined with a first shifting direction is set on an inside face of each first contact groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yu Zhu
  • Patent number: 7953570
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for continuous analysis of the transmission quality in fieldbus networks in automation systems with a plurality of fieldbus participants, which communicate with one another over the fieldbus network. Directly measurable logical and physical bus parameters are recorded from the line signal transmitted over the fieldbus network, and are stored with a predefinable retrospectivity. Operational parameters are derived from the measured bus parameters, these being weighted and the weighted bus parameters being linked together to form the operational parameter. The quantitative weighting of a bus parameter is functionally determined by at least one other bus parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: ABB AG
    Inventors: Tilo Merlin, Peter Ude
  • Patent number: 7934939
    Abstract: A complex connector, comprises a male connector composed of a first male connector and the second male connector formed integrally with each other; a first female connector to which a second female connector and a lock assistant are attached in a movable manner, wherein the lock assistant includes an elongated cantilever member extending toward the first male connector, and a projection retaining engagement with the engagement portion of the first female connector is formed at a distal end of the elongated cantilever member, and in a condition in which the first male connector and the first female connector are disengaged from each other, the projection is retainingly engaged with the engagement portion, and in a condition in which the projection is retainingly engaged with the engagement portion, the projecting portion of the second female connector abuts against the abutment portion of the lock assistant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Haijun Chen, Genfu Zeng
  • Patent number: 7927155
    Abstract: A secondary disconnect for a circuit breaker drawout system is provided. The secondary disconnect includes a plurality electrical connectors that are coupled to spacer frames. The spacer frames are movably mounted to guide pins that couple the secondary disconnect to the circuit breaker. A compression spring is disposed about the guide pin and bias's the secondary disconnect. A second spring positioned within the spacer frame applies a biasing force when the circuit breaker is in the racked-in position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Mahadeva Mittu, Adam Skrudlik, Tomasz Ignasiak, Karthikeyan Srinivasan, Lars Pommerencke
  • Patent number: 7909650
    Abstract: A card connector is provided which has a reduced size. The card connector includes a plurality of contacts which are held in a housing including an accommodating space for accommodating an electronic card. The plurality of contacts include a first switch contact and a second switch contact which are electrically connected to each other via a ground connection pad of the electronic card when the electronic card is accommodated in the accommodating space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry Limited
    Inventor: Akihiro Matsunaga
  • Patent number: 7905734
    Abstract: A connecting structure reduces noise effects on an electronic device when hot docking the electronic device to mitigate against malfunctions. When a first electronic device having a first EMI shield is docked with a second electronic device having a second EMI shield, an ESD contact portion, which is connected to the second EMI shield and has higher in impedance than an EMI connecting portion, comes in contact with the first EMI shield earlier than the EMI connecting portion. Electrostatic charge carried on the first EMI shield moves slowly to the second EMI shield due to the high impedance of the ESD contact portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuo Horiuchi, Fumio Tamura, Hiroaki Agata
  • Patent number: 7896658
    Abstract: An apparatus, includes a plurality of pins which include a longitudinal axis, each of the pins to be respectively electronically contacted with each of a plurality of terminals of an electronic component by pressing each of the terminals onto each of the pins from a direction corresponding to the longitudinal axis, and an adjusting unit which adjusts a position of the electronic component so that each of the terminals corresponds to each of the pins respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Hironobu Ikeda
  • Patent number: 7892034
    Abstract: A smart card connector adapted to receive and place a smart card in a reading position is disclosed. The smart card connector comprises a contact support; a plurality of reading contacts attached to the contact support at a terminating end thereof, each of the reading contacts comprising a contact bulge for contacting a contact pad of the smart card and at least one control bulge for pivoting the contact bulge into contact with the contact pad of the smart card; a sliding element slidably mounted in the contact support so as to be movable between an initial position and an end position, the sliding element comprising a contact actuating member that engages the at least one control bulge as the sliding element moves toward the end position and presses the contact bulge against the contact pad of the smart card as the smart card reaches its reading position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Amphenol-Tuchel Electronics GmbH
    Inventors: Eduard Maiterth, Manfred Kerner
  • Patent number: 7884495
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus are used in hot swap of AC or DC line replaceable modules (40A). The apparatus according to one embodiment comprises a pin assembly (183), the pin assembly (183) being connectable to a module (40A) and connectable to a backplane (104), the pin assembly (183) resistively reducing a current associated with the module (40A) during disconnection of the module (40A) from the backplane (104), and presenting a high resistance to the module (40A) during connection of the module (40A) to the backplane (104), and a low resistance to the module (40A) at completion of the connection of the module (40A) to the backplane (104); and a hot swap detector (134) connectable to the pin assembly (183), the hot swap detector (134) detecting the disconnection of the module (40A) from the backplane (104), and detecting the connection of the module (40A) to the backplane (104).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventor: Hassan Ali Kojori
  • Patent number: 7878854
    Abstract: An electrical connector is provided for mounting on a circuit board having first and second vias. The electrical connector includes a housing having a mounting face for mounting along the circuit board, and first and second signal terminals held by the housing. The first and second signal terminals include respective first and second mounting contacts extending outward from the mounting face of the housing. The first and second mounting contacts are configured to be received within the first and second vias, respectively, of the circuit board. The first mounting contact extends a different length from the mounting face of the housing than the second mounting contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Chad William Morgan, David Wayne Helster
  • Patent number: 7862352
    Abstract: An electrical panel assembly comprised of individual electrical panel modules. The electrical panel modules comprise a first receptacle comprising transmitting electrical contacts to interface with a first connector comprising receiving electrical contacts and a first rotation ring for facilitating contact between the transmitting electrical contacts and the receiving electrical contacts, where the first rotation ring rotates between an open position permitting connection or disconnection of the first connector from the receptacle and a closed position preventing connection or disconnection of the first connector from the first receptacle. The first electrical panel module interacts with a second electrical panel module in a manner that the absence of the first connector in the first receptacle prevents the second electrical panel module from accepting a second connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventor: Joseph Edward Parrish
  • Patent number: 7857646
    Abstract: An apparatus for forming a temporary electrical connection with a microelectronic component and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. Embodiments of the apparatus can include a base, a plurality of electrical contacts coupled to the base, and a nest attached to the base. The nest includes a plurality of contact compartments aligned with peripheral leads of the microelectronic component and at least partially covering the contacts. Individual contact compartments are masked to prevent a corresponding contact from electrically contacting the peripheral leads of the microelectronic component. In one embodiment, the masked contact compartments are used as a guide zone to guide individual peripheral leads when the microelectronic component is seated at or unseated from the support surface. In an additional or alternative embodiment, the masked contact compartments are used to selectively isolate contacts, for example, from supply or ground electrical potentials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: A. Jay Stutzman, Daniel P. Cram
  • Patent number: 7837510
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing extending in a front-to-back direction and including a rear base portion and a front tongue portion, and first and second sets of contacts held in the insulative housing. The first set of contacts includes at least one pair of differential contacts for transmitting high-speed signals. Each first contact includes a nonelastic first mating portion occupying a front section of the tongue portion. Each of the second set of contacts includes an elastic second mating portion located behind the nonelastic first mating portion along the front-to-back direction. The first and second sets of contacts are assembled to the insulative housing along opposite directions. The first and second body portions are provided with interference sections thereon to interferentially engage with the insulative housing. The first mating portion of each first contact is provided with interference sections to engage with the tongue portion of the insulative housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Alltop Electronics (Suzhou) Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Yung-Chih Hung, Yong-Gang Zhang, Hung-Chi Tai
  • Patent number: 7837477
    Abstract: An electrical interconnection device for establishing redundant contacts between the ends of two conductive elements to be mated, creating a electrical interconnection without capacitive stubs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gary Yasamura, Joseph C. Fjelstad, Kevin P. Grundy, William F. Wiedemann, Matthew J. Stepovich
  • Patent number: 7833044
    Abstract: The invention relates to a squib connector for mating with a squib holder and to a corresponding, connection system. system according to any of the preceding claims, said connector. The inventive squib connector is adapted to be used for an inventive connection system between a squib connector and a complementary squib holder, said connection system has one locking means (134, 135, 211) and one unmating means (180), said locking means being adapted to be automatically actuated by the consolidation of the squib connector with the squib holder for automatically and securely locking the squib connector and the squib holder in fully mated condition and to be deactivated by the selective actuation of the unmating means necessary for separating the squib connector and the squib holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Molex Incorporated
    Inventors: Christophe Bouchan, Patrick Dechelette
  • Patent number: 7824229
    Abstract: An audio plug connector for mating with an audio jack connector, includes a main member of substantially cylindrical shape with a plurality of contacts exposed along an axis direction thereof. A subsidiary member is extended from a portion of an outer peripheral surface of the main member and defines at least one terminal groove at a side surface thereof. The terminal groove extends substantially parallel with the axis direction of the main member. A front end of the terminal groove is hooked into an inside of the subsidiary member to form a fixing cavity. At least one conductive terminal is received in the corresponding terminal groove with a rear end thereof extending out of a rear end of the terminal groove. A front end of the conductive terminal is bent rearward to form a hook portion hooked into the corresponding fixing cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Cheng Uei Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chih-Lin Yang, Hsin-Tsung Ho
  • Patent number: 7789714
    Abstract: A connector includes a base defining a plurality of holes, and a plurality of pins inserted into the corresponding holes. The pins include a ground pin, a voltage signal pin, and a power-on signal pin. Wherein the length of the ground pin extending into a corresponding hole is longer than that of the voltage signal pin, while the length of the voltage signal pin is longer than that of the power-on signal pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jen-Yee Liu
  • Patent number: 7736197
    Abstract: A restriction (30) is provided for preventing a second housing (20) from being fit in an incorrect oblique posture into a receptacle (12). The restriction includes restricting ribs (31) projecting from an inner surface of the receptacle (12) and restricting grooves (32) formed by recessing an outer surface of the second housing (20). Each restricting rib (31) includes a first rib (31A) extending in a connecting direction and second ribs (31B) located behind the front end of the first rib (31A) in the connecting direction. Each restricting groove (32) includes a first groove (32A) extending in the connecting direction and second grooves (32B) located before the rear end of the first groove (32A) in the connecting direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuaki Takeda