Within Machine Casing Or Motor Housing (connector Within Casing Wall) Patents (Class 439/926)
  • Patent number: 11746766
    Abstract: Related is an electric oil pump, and the electric oil pump includes a pump housing having an inner pump cavity, where the inner pump cavity includes a first cavity and a second cavity; a first rotor assembly disposed in the first cavity; a stator assembly and a second rotor assembly that are disposed in the second cavity; an electric control board; a supporting member at least partially disposed between the stator assembly and the electric control board; and a connecting terminal. The electric oil pump can reduce deformation of the connecting terminal when the connecting terminal is respectively connected to the stator assembly and the electric control board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG SANHUA INTELLIGENT CONTROLS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Bingjiu Yin, Wei Ye, Yongfeng Sun, Kai Zhang, Fangxu Qian, Liyang Huang
  • Patent number: 11725652
    Abstract: An electric oil pump includes a pump housing provided with an a first cavity and a second cavity; a first rotor assembly disposed in the first cavity; a stator assembly and a second rotor assembly that are disposed in the second cavity; an electric control board assembly; an isolating member, where the stator assembly is disposed at a first side of the isolating member, the electric control board assembly is disposed at a second side of the isolating member; and a wiring terminal fixedly connected to the isolating member; where a connecting position between the wiring terminal and the isolating member is sealed and a connecting position between the isolating member and the pump housing is sealed. The electric oil pump can prevent working medium from affecting the performance of the electric control board assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG SANHUA INTELLIGENT CONTROLS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Bingjiu Yin, Wei Ye, Yongfeng Sun, Kai Zhang, Zhiwang Wu, Fangxu Qian
  • Patent number: 11616311
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly is installed on a plate having a polygonal through hole and composed of an external rotating member, a locking rod, an outer tension ring, an inner tension ring and a locking part. The relatively larger sized external rotating member, the push handle shaped outer wall and the ridge pattern for durable handheld operation provide an easy convenient operation for both reverse or forward rotations. The outer tension ring has a multi-protrusion block plugged into a polygonal through hole of the plate and a polygonal groove of the inner tension ring to achieve the effect of engaging with the polygonal plug and the locking rod is screwed with the nut and the locking part to achieve the pressing effect, such that the outer tension ring, the plate and the inner tension ring can be pressed and attached securely with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Drow Enterprise Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Cheng Tsung Wei, Ying Chieh Wei
  • Patent number: 11614091
    Abstract: A method of feedthrough and overcurrent protection of a sealed compressor used in a transport climate control system (“TCCS”) is provided. The TCCS includes a climate control circuit with a sealed compressor. The sealed compressor includes an outer housing and an electrical motor within the outer housing. The method includes operating the sealed compressor to compress a working fluid by supplying electrical power to the electric motor of the sealed compressor via a sealed electrical feedthrough in the outer housing of the sealed compressor. The method also includes detecting an operating parameter of the sealed electrical feedthrough, and determining whether the sealed electrical feedthrough is in a melting condition based on the detected operating parameter. Also, the method includes adjusting operation of the climate control circuit upon determining that the sealed electrical feedthrough is in the melting condition until the sealed electrical feedthrough is no longer in the melting condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Thermo King LLC
    Inventors: David J. Renken, Tony Spetz
  • Patent number: 8618419
    Abstract: An electric compressor includes a compression mechanism, an electric motor that drives the compression mechanism, a compressor housing that accommodates the electric motor and the compression mechanism, an inverter housing coupled to the compressor housing and including an inverter accommodation chamber that accommodates the inverter, and a sealed terminal arranged in the compressor housing. The sealed terminal electrically connects the inverter and the electric motor. The sealed terminal includes a terminal pin, which is formed from a conductive material, a terminal holder, which holds the terminal pin, and an insulative body, which insulates the terminal pin from the terminal holder. The insulative body includes a first insulative body, which is arranged in the inverter accommodation chamber and formed from a ceramic, and a second insulation body, which is arranged in the compressor housing and formed from glass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
    Inventors: Hiroshi Fukasaku, Hiroyuki Gennami
  • Patent number: 8485839
    Abstract: A serial interface connector and corresponding method electrically connects to a storage cartridge that has a housing enclosing a serial communications device. The serial interface connector has a first plurality of electrical contacts and a retainer. The retainer operably contactingly engages the housing to impart a bias that retains the electrical contacts of the serial interface connector seated in electrical connection with a respective second plurality of electrical contacts of the serial communications device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Michael Gene Morgan, Homer Stewart Pitner, Jr.
  • Patent number: 8378221
    Abstract: The underlying purpose of the invention is to manufacture electrical leadthroughs, which are improved with regard to the temperature resistance thereof. Proposed for this purpose is a method for manufacturing an electrical leadthrough, for which at least one metal tube is fused in a glass insulator, whereby a metal rod is mounted in the metal tube by means of soldering-in, prior to or during the sealing of the tube in the glass insulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Schott AG
    Inventor: Johann Bernauer
  • Patent number: 8348694
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic device into which a card having a connection terminal is inserted. The electronic device includes a circuit board; a card connector which is mounted at a circumference of the circuit board and includes a signal terminal; and a card guiding unit which guides the card during insertion of the card to couple the connection terminal and the signal terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Young-il Kah
  • Patent number: 8323051
    Abstract: A device (1) for implementing a dry electrical connection of a motor vehicle lock (27), comprising a fastening part (2) for a lock housing (3), wherein an electrical connection to the lock housing (3) can be implemented through an opening (4) of the fastening part (2) from a first side (5) of the fastening part (2), wherein the lock housing (3) has an external plug (7) that is positioned at a distance to the fastening part (2) and at the circumference (8) of which a flexible collar (9) is fastened, extending to the first side (5) of the fastening part (2) and forming a seal (11) with a second distance (10) to the opening (4) of the fastening part (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Kiekert AG
    Inventor: Sven Albers
  • Patent number: 8084698
    Abstract: A current lead-through for providing an electrically conductive path between an interior of a vessel and the exterior of the vessel. The electrically conductive path is electrically isolated from the material of the vessel. The current lead-through comprises an electrically conductive pin surrounded by an electrically isolating sealing material, and retained within a tubular carrier body by the sealing material, the electrically conductive pin being exposed at each end of the tubular carrier body to enable electrical connection thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Siemens Plc
    Inventors: Neil John Belton, Martin Howard Hempstead, Stephen Paul Trowell
  • Patent number: 8075334
    Abstract: An electronic module is designed to be slotted into an aircraft instrument panel. The module has: a rear face and a front face that are substantially flat and parallel. Means are provided for attaching the module to the instrument panel. The attachments are situated on the front face of the module. At least one connector-module is attached on the rear face of the electronic module and can be plugged into a socket mounted on the panel as the electronic module is guided into position on the panel. The direction of plugging in the connector-module situated on the rear face is substantially in the plane of the rear face. The support comprises guidance and rotation means making it possible to guide, plug in and insert the module into the instrument panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Thales
    Inventors: Yves Sontag, Eric Rauscent, Ludovic Pennetier
  • Patent number: 8043129
    Abstract: Switching device assembly for providing a switching function in a medium voltage switchgear system. A switching device (10) is positioned in a switching device housing (11). Terminals (14, 15) are connected to the switching device (10) and receiving ends (24, 25) thereof are provided for receiving an interface surface (26, 27) of respective conductor terminals (20, 21) of the medium voltage switchgear. Mounting assemblies are arranged to releasably fasten the terminals (14, 15) to the respective conductor terminals (20, 21) in operation. A switching device drive unit (30), to which the switching device housing (11) is mounted, is provided with sealable access points (31, 32), through which the mounting assemblies are reachable when opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Eaton Electric B.V.
    Inventors: Frederik Paul Schoten, Arend Jan Willem Lammers
  • Patent number: 7993158
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a fixed connector fixed to a wall surface of a cooling space; a movable connector detachably coupled to the fixed connector; and a connector protection portion disposed above a coupling surface between the fixed connector and the movable connector, and configured to prevent moisture from being introduced into the coupling surface of the connector from the wall surface of the cooling space. Firstly, the connector protection portion configured to prevent moisture from being introduced into the coupling surface between the fixed connector and the movable connector from the wall surface of the cooling space is disposed above the coupling surface, thereby preventing damage of electric equipment or fire occurrence. Secondly, the coupling surface of the fixed connector is provided towards a front surface or is downwardly inclined towards a front side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Dae-Kil Kang
  • Patent number: 7745725
    Abstract: A power terminal feed-through incorporates a metallic body through which extend one or more current conducting pins that are hermetically sealed to the metallic body by a glass-to-metal seal. The metallic body includes an annular lip with a protrusion. During welding installation of the power terminal feed-through, the protrusion serves to assist in the welding process, better controlling the location and definition of the weld between the metallic body and a housing, and to focus the welding heat at the protrusion, thereby protecting the glass-to-metal seal. The glass-to-metal seal can be a single glass insert through which the current conducting pins extend, thereby reducing the pin circle diameter and the overall size of the power terminal feed-through.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: Emerson Electric Co.
    Inventors: Franz Dieter Paterek, Albertus Jan Hendrik Kolkman, Scott Schuckmann
  • Patent number: 7410387
    Abstract: A flat flexible cable with electrical conductors is disclosed for use in a vehicle. One or more of the conductors is configured to be attached to an external electrical device at an attachment point. The cable includes a region free from electrical conductors and an aperture formed through the conductor free region. The aperture is configured to be engaged with a cable engagement member to secure the cable to the electrical device and provide strain relief to the attachment point. The flat flexible cable can include a plurality of conductor free regions and a plurality of apertures in each of the one or more conductor free regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Patrick C. Howard, Charles Mitchell, Sywong Ngin
  • Patent number: 7384299
    Abstract: An apparatus for latching, aligning, and connecting a first connector located in a chassis with a second connector on a cable. The invention comprises a plurality of trough segments coupled in series. The trough segments include a distal trough segment having a retainer for securing and axially orienting a cable connector, a proximal trough segment having a latch element selectively secureable to a guide passage, and one or more intermediate trough segments coupled between the distal trough segment and the proximal trough segment. Each individual trough segment is pivotally coupled to any adjacent trough segment to allow bending of the cable trough. The cable trough formed by the collective trough segments may be directed into the guide passage for coupling of the cable connector to an internal chassis connector and latching of the cable trough in position within the guide passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Jeremy Scott Bridges, David Lee Hager, Dean Frederick Herring, Paul Andrew Wormsbecher
  • Patent number: 7346371
    Abstract: A portable terminal device includes a first body having an operation section on a main surface thereof, a second body having a display section on a main surface thereof, a connection device for connecting the first body and the second body so that the portable terminal device is openable and closable, a memory storage section having an opening section openable to another main surface of the second body, a lid for opening and closing the opening section and retaining a removable memory in the memory storage section, wherein the operation section is covered by the second body when the portable terminal device is in a closed state, and is exposed to the outside when the portable terminal device is in an open state, and the display section is exposed to the outside in either the closed or opened state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2008
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventor: Ken Tomatsu
  • Patent number: 7335031
    Abstract: An actuator includes a lower housing member, an upper housing member ached to the lower one, and a cover member. Inside the lower housing member are arranged a driving source, a power-transmitting mechanism configured for transmitting a driving powder of the driving source to a output shaft to which a member to be driven is to be attached, a connector having terminals projected therefrom. A partition plate is provided in the upper housing member and has an opening for exposing said terminals of the connector and adapted to define a partition chamber opened to outside. A circuit board is placed on the partition plate, and has connection terminals connected to the terminals of the connector with a solder on the partition plate. A control circuit is assembled into the circuit board for the driving source. The cover member covers the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: Calsonic Kansei Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohiro Kawabata, Hideki Sunaga
  • Patent number: 7331801
    Abstract: An electrical connection header for an electrical device and a method for assembling the same are disclosed herein. A connection header may include a plurality of electrical pins, each of which has a first portion and a second portion oriented generally orthogonal to each other. The pins may be inserted to a connector shroud which defines a plurality of apertures for receiving the first portions of the pins. A hood may be secured to the connector shroud such that the hood extends beyond a bend point of at least one of the pins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Daniel S. Eichorn
  • Patent number: 7270577
    Abstract: A connector module and motor utilizing the same. The connector module electrically connects the motor and an external device and includes a printed wiring board and a plurality of pins. The printed wiring board comprises at least one circuit line, each of circuit lines has a first terminal and a second terminal opposite thereto. Each pin has a first end and a second end opposite thereto. The first terminals of the circuit lines are electrically connected to an input port of the motor. The second terminals of the circuit lines are electrically connected to the first ends of the pins separately, and the second ends of the pins are electrically connected to the external device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2007
    Assignee: Delta Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Chun-Hua Yang, Jin-Juh Hsu
  • Patent number: 7150633
    Abstract: A circuit board is accommodated in a camera-housing and a connector housing portion formed integrally with the camera housing. An interior wiring has its one end connected to the circuit board and the other end connected to a connector terminal in a pressing state. The connector terminal is accommodated to be held in the camera housing, so that an external connecting connector portion is formed. An external connector located at an external harness is connected to the external connecting connector portion, so that a vehicle mounting camera apparatus is connected to an external apparatus through an external harness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2006
    Assignees: Autonetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masayuki Ishikura, Masatoshi Koike, Jun Okada
  • Patent number: 7128602
    Abstract: A connection assembly permits a make first and break last connection for primary power. The assembly includes a first pair of connectors, a second pair of connectors, and a compliance element associated with one of the first pair of connectors. The compliance element enables the first pair of connectors to mate prior to the mating of the second pair of connectors and to enable the first pair of connectors to disengage after the disengagement of the second pair of connectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Stephen Daniel Cromwell, Michael Alan Brooks
  • Patent number: 7118415
    Abstract: In a conductive path, a terminal portion is integrally formed at an end of the metallic conductor to be connected to the mating terminal. A metallic pipe accommodates the metallic conductor. A tubular-shaped insulating tube is provided between the metallic conductor and the metallic pipe. A bracket conductively connects the metallic pipe to the shielding shell of the apparatus side. The number of parts of the conductive path of the invention is less than that of the conductive path which has a terminal portion separately formed from the metallic conductor and connecting to a terminal portion of the apparatus side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2006
    Assignees: Autonetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazumoto Konda
  • Patent number: 7044781
    Abstract: The invention provides a header for receiving a mating plug. The header is mountable to a sealed housing. A bottom wall of the header features a flange receiving opening for allowing a portion of the bottom wall to pass into a flange of the sealed housing. A plurality of contact receiving passageways passing through the bottom wall are positioned between portions of the flange receiving opening. At least one external contact receiving passageway passes through the bottom wall in the position which is adjacent to and outside of at least a portion of the flange receiving opening. This header allows electrical signals to be carried through the bottom wall both into the sealed assembly and also to other locations outside of the sealed assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Canada, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Goto
  • Patent number: 6836038
    Abstract: A motor includes a substantially cylinder-shaped motor yoke with an opening at one end, an end plate, and DC power input terminals. The end plate is positioned adjacent to the opening of the motor yoke, and the DC power input terminals are fixed to the end plate. The motor yoke has a grounding flange that protrudes from an outer periphery of the motor yoke adjacent to the opening. A negative terminal of the DC power input terminals has an elastic contact segment. The contact segment is pressed against the grounding flange to ground the motor yoke.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2004
    Assignee: ASMO Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeo Noda, Akihiko Suzuki
  • Patent number: 6780037
    Abstract: A motor assembly has electrical connectors between them that are shielded from any metallic debris generated in the motors. The motor assembly includes upper and lower motors, each having an adapter coupled together. Each adapter has a wire passage for each phase of the motor. Wires from the motors join electrical connectors, the electrical connectors being mounted to insulators in the adapter passages. A debris seal locates above the upper electrical connector in each upper adapter passage. Another debris seal locates between the overlapping portions of the two insulators of each adapter passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2004
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Larry J. Parmeter, Brett D. Leamy, Clarence F. Hall
  • Patent number: 6702592
    Abstract: An improved interconnection assembly is disclosed suitable for use, for example, in completing an electronic signal path between a printed circuit board (PCB) and an internal component within a head disc assembly (HDA) of a disc drive. The (PCB) has a primary side suitable for mounting surface mount devices and a secondary side facing a basedeck of the disc drive. The interconnection assembly comprises a conductive pin provisioned within a pin aperture in the PCB and a connector provisioned within a connector aperture in the HDA. The pin is inserted and secured within the pin aperture using primary side operations. A distal end of the conductive pin includes an electrical contact surface at the distal extent of the pin and which intersects an axis of insertion in the pin aperture. The electrical contact surface contacts the connector when the PCB is mated with the HDA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2004
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Brian L. Harden, Leon J. Valley, Alvin E. Cox
  • Patent number: 6652324
    Abstract: A self-biasing spindle motor connector (such as 200) for a disc drive (such as 100) is disclosed. The spindle motor connector (such as 200) includes a body portion (such as 202) and a plurality of alloy contacts (such as 204) extending away from the body portion. The connector may comprise a crush rib (such as 206) extending from at least one side of the body portion and making contact with a vertical wall (such as locating edge 208) of a base plate (such as 102) of the disc drive. The crush rib ensures that the connector is properly biased to a reference edge and situated in relation to the base plate and the disc drive printed circuit board. An x-y control boss (such as 212) prevents the connector from moving in the x-y directions while the crush rib prevents the connector from rotational movement. The connector may also include a rotational boss (such as 216) that is inserted into a rotational control hole of the base plate to prevent rotational movement of the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2003
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Michael Alan Maiers, Robert Terry Haas, Ryan Andrew Sievers
  • Patent number: 6653561
    Abstract: An electrical outlet box assembly provides for the divided accommodation of various voltages of wires and termination devices. The outlet box assembly includes a box housing having a back wall, a perimetrical side wall surrounding the back wall which defines an open front face and a box interior. The back wall includes a plurality of removable ground screws threadedly attached to the back wall. A box divider is insertable into the box interior through the front face. The box divider includes a planar divider wall and a transverse mounting bracket extending from edge thereof. The transverse bracket includes an aperture for allowing mounting of the divider to the back wall of the box using one of the ground screws. The divider wall includes at least one frangible end portion for adjusting the length of the wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2003
    Assignee: Thomas & Betts International, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Lalancette, Pierre Aubin
  • Patent number: 6511328
    Abstract: A programmable logic controller (PLC) assembly. The PLC assembly has a PLC and a protective enclosure having a through-panel connector. The PLC is housed within the protective enclosure and electrically coupleable to the through-panel connector. The through-panel connector has a connector portion. The connector portion is configured for mating engagement with an electrical cable. The electrical cable is electrically coupleable to a PLC input device or a PLC output device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2003
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard J. Molus, David E. Koopmeiners
  • Patent number: 6485310
    Abstract: An assembly which a concave member and a first substrate having a transverse opening which is superimposed over the concave member to form an internal chamber. A second substrate having a transverse opening is also superimposed over said first substrate, and an electrical connector means is mounted on the second substrate. A flex circuit is interposed in spaced generally parallel relation between the first substrate and the concave member. An extension of the flex circuit extends through the transverse openings of the first and second substrate to engage the electrical connector means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2002
    Assignee: Berg Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Lip-Teck Soh
  • Patent number: 6464523
    Abstract: An electrical connector forming a watertight seal once connected. The connector includes a receptacle formed within a first housing and having a plurality of electrically conductive sockets disposed in an insulator for receiving electrically conductive pins. Also, a plug is adapted for receipt by the receptacle and is formed within a second housing and has a plurality of electrically conductive pins no greater in number than the number of the electrically conductive sockets. The connector has an insulating “O” ring disposed between the sleeve and the second housing with a diameter equal to the diameter of said first housing, whereby the “O” ring forms a watertight seal between the receptacle and the plug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2002
    Assignee: Northrop Grumman Corporation
    Inventor: Edward LeVine
  • Patent number: 6454591
    Abstract: An electrical connecting device connects a conductor to a conductive strip carried by an insulating panel. The connecting device includes a base member having a mechanical attachment to a support, and a connector for electrically connecting the conductor to the base member. A conductive member is carried by the panel and is connected to the conductive strip. The conductive member projects along a rear face of the panel and has a surface for coupling to the base member. A mechanism mechanically attaches the conductive member in contact with the base member. The mechanism passes through the conductive member and includes a control region which is accessible from the front face of the plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2002
    Assignee: Labinal
    Inventors: Jean-Clair Pradier, Philippe Perez
  • Patent number: 6368114
    Abstract: An operation for insert-molding bus bars 17 into an L-shape stay 16 to insert a horizontal shaft portion 16a of the stay 16 into a visor holder 5 is performed such that a male terminal portion 17a of the bus bars 17 of the horizontal shaft portion 16a is engaged to a female terminal 18 of a sunvisor-side connector 19. Moreover, an operation for joining a stay holder 22 to a roof panel 1 is performed such that a male terminal portion 17b of the bus bars 17 of a vertical shaft portion 16b is engaged to a female terminal 30 of a car-body-side connector 31. In another embodiment (FIGS. 11-13), an operation for integrally joining a sunvisor-side connector 19 to a stay holder 22 to join the stay holder 22 to a roof panel 1 is performed such that the sunvisor-side connector 19 is automatically joined to a car-body-side connector 31 floatably held by a connector holder 29 fixed to a car body member 28.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2002
    Assignees: Autonetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Takuya Inoue
  • Patent number: 6361351
    Abstract: A connector receptacle is protruded through an opening formed on a cabinet of a television receiver. At least one pair of enforcement ribs formed on the cabinet in vicinal horizontal side portions of the opening to support a connector fitted with the connector receptacle when the connector is accidentally moved by, for example, pulling an antenna code connected to the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2002
    Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Haruhiko Fujii
  • Patent number: 6261123
    Abstract: Described is a quick connect/disconnect 10 for an electrical system comprising first and second separated electrical current carrying connectors 43A, 43B, a source of electricity, each with a first and second, respectively, receptors 40A, 40B for receiving a metallic prong; An electrical current carrying buss adapted to carry a pair of the metallic prongs 30A, 30B which cooperatively align, when connected, with the receptors of the current carrying connectors; and An electrically insulated handle 16, 18 that can be raised and lowered, which handle is attached at one end 24 to the buss and the opposite end adapted to be engaged such that in the lowered position the electrical system is connected so as to permit electrical current to pass from the first connector through the first receptor, through the metallic prong, through the buss to the other prong and to the second receptor, then to the second current carrying connector; and when the handle is in the raised position, current does not flow through the bu
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2001
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Duane D. Kruger, Georgette N. Young
  • Patent number: 6168459
    Abstract: A flex circuit support and apparatus (148) for a disc drive (100) comprising a flex circuit (150) with a conductor portion (154), a rigid dielectric support bracket (156), and a compressible, deformable resilient dielectric gasket seal (174), and extends through a connector aperture (162) of a basedeck (104). The support bracket (156) has a base portion (158) and a connector portion (160) vertically extending bi-directionally from the base portion (158). The gasket seal (174) is secured between the basedeck 104 and the support bracket (156). The connector portion 160 supports the conductor portion (154) of the flex circuit (150) and extends through the connector aperture (162). The support bracket (156) and the attached flex circuit (150) is secured to the basedeck (104) in a conventional manner through the use of fasteners (161).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2001
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Alvin E. Cox, Steven S. Eckerd, Housan Dakroub
  • Patent number: 6159038
    Abstract: A ZIF compression header connector comprises a housing having lower and upper faces. A plurality of terminal cells is defined between the lower and upper faces. At least a retaining wedge is formed on an outer wall of the housing. An elongate slot is formed in the upper face. A plurality of terminals is assembled in the corresponding terminal cells. Each terminal includes a base portion retained within the terminal cell, a first spring arm extending into the elongate slot, and a second spring arm extending downward for electrically contacting a conductive pad. A plunger is assembled to the housing for urging an inserted FFC against the first spring arms of the terminals. The plunger has a retaining bar for detachably securing to the housing to provide a strain relief function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2000
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jerry Wu
  • Patent number: 6155867
    Abstract: A cable mounting arrangement for a power supply device including a casing having a threaded through hole, a cable having a tapered electric connector inserted through the threaded through hole and connected to a terminal on a circuit board inside the casing, and a tapered jacket threaded into the threaded through hole and covered on the tapered electric connector to hold the tapered electric connector in place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2000
    Inventor: Tsai Li Hui Chou
  • Patent number: 6140592
    Abstract: An improved fuse associated current conducting pin and sealing structure for a hermetic terminal assembly wall wherein the sealing member has a preselected coefficient of expansion compatible with that of the pin and wall and a softening point temperature in excess of the conducting temperature of the pin surface occasioned by fuse melting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2000
    Assignee: Emerson Electric Co.
    Inventors: F. Dieter Paterek, Richard L. Teaford
  • Patent number: 6080021
    Abstract: A jack socket for a jack plug has a tubular guide part for receiving the shaft of the jack plug and a holder made from electrically insulating material with contact strips arranged therein. The contact strips have solder lugs which project beyond the holder and can be connected in an electrically conducting manner with the conductors of a printed circuit board. The tubular guide part can be fastened in a bore hole of a housing of a device having the jack socket. The holder grasps the contact strips and, as the case may be, the switching contacts in the immediate region of the solder lugs. The height of the holder amounts to only a portion of the height of the contact strips. The guide part and the holder with the contact strips are separated from one another. The holder is disk-shaped or plate-shaped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2000
    Assignee: Neutrik Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Bernhard Weingartner
  • Patent number: 6036530
    Abstract: A modular tank heater apparatus including a housing defining a cavity and a receptacle that is in communication with the cavity, a heater element coupled to the housing, and a set of cords selectively connectable to the heater element to provide either a permanent or releasable electrical connection. Each of the set of cords includes a plug with a generic portion and a specific portion. The generic portion of the plugs are selectively disposable in the receptacle to engage the housing and create a first seal between the plug and the housing. Additionally, the plugs define a seal surface engageable with the housing to create a second seal between the plug and the housing. The present invention also provides a method of manufacturing the modular tank heater. Finally, the present invention includes a tank heater having a mounting assembly for selectively connecting the housing to a body in a variety of positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2000
    Assignee: Phillips & Temro Industries Ltd.
    Inventors: Gary C. Edwards, Kelly F. Olischefski
  • Patent number: 5782652
    Abstract: The invention comprises an electrical connector assembly having a wire housing with a wire contact disposed therein. The wire contact has two ends, one of the ends having insulation displacing slots for receiving a magnet wire therein, the other of the ends having a resilient contact finger. The assembly further includes a connector housing having a tab contact disposed therein. The tab contact has a poke-in tab and a contact tab for mating with a matable connector. The wire housing is matable with the connector housing, the poke-in tab engages the resilient contact finger to provide electrical connection therebetween and to provide electrical connection between the magnet wire and the matable connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1998
    Assignee: The Whitaker Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Scott Feher, Edward John Howard, Nelson Edward Neff
  • Patent number: 5580273
    Abstract: The subject arrangement provides a compact leak free mechanism to interconnect an electrical signal between the interior and exterior of a pressure vessel. The electrode sealing arrangement of the subject invention includes a housing, an insulating sealant material member having an enlarged portion with an electrical conducting electrode disposed through the insulating sealant material member, a collar mechanism, and a force transferring mechanism operative to apply a force through the collar mechanism to compress the insulating sealant material member against the housing and the electrical conducting electrode. The force being applied to the enlarged portion compresses it and seals the components from leakage and exerts a holding force on the electrical conducting electrode thus holding it in its assembled position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 3, 1996
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel J. Krieger, John J. Krone
  • Patent number: 5471015
    Abstract: An improved fuse associated current conducting pin and sealing structure for a hermetic terminal assembly wall wherein the sealing member has a preselected coefficient of expansion compatible with that of the pin and wall and a softening point temperature in excess of the conducting temperature of the pin surface occasioned by fuse melting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 28, 1995
    Assignee: Emerson Electric Co.
    Inventors: F. Dieter Paterek, Richard L. Teaford
  • Patent number: 5292267
    Abstract: A function expanding apparatus for electronic devices having a mechanism for supporting a connector body. Two elastic members hold a connector body which is freely slidable between the two elastic members. The connector body is movable in multiple directions so as to connect to the electronic apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 8, 1994
    Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, KEL Corporation
    Inventors: Takaichi Kobayashi, Kazuya Shibasaki, Takashi Hosoi, Masami Honda, Kazuyoshi Takahashi
  • Patent number: 5229674
    Abstract: An electric motor 2 with a stator 22 comprising a stator plate packet 24 and coils located in grooves of the stator plate packet 24, and a plug connector device 30 for connecting wire ends 32 of the coils 28 with motor connector leads 34. The plug connector device 30 has retaining elements 38 composed of insulating material and holding electrical connector elements 36. Each retaining element 38 is located in the region of one of the grooves 26 lying between the coils 28, and the wire ends 32 are connected to connector elements 36 on one side, and the connector leads 34 are connectable via plug connectors 40 on the other side. The retaining elements 38 are mounted at a form-fit in plug connectors 44 formed by insulating end disks 42 of the stator 22.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 1991
    Date of Patent: July 20, 1993
    Assignee: ebm Elektrobau Mulfingen GmbH & Co.
    Inventor: Dieter Best
  • Patent number: 5227685
    Abstract: A motor assembly apparatus which includes a housing, an output shaft, a brush assembly, a stator, and a male connector disposed within the housing. The male connector includes a first lug and a second lug and apparatus for connecting the male connectors to the brush assembly and to the stator. In some forms of the invention the male connectors are spade lugs which may be coplanar axially aligned, and the apparatus for connecting the male connectors may include a first planar portion and a second planar portion. The first planar portion is coplanar with the spade lugs in some forms of the invention and the second portion is disposed in oblique relationship to the first portion. The housing may include first and second slots dimensioned and configured and aligned respectively with the first and second spade lugs to allow entry of associated mating electrical connectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1991
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1993
    Assignee: General Signal Corporation
    Inventor: Jeffrey E. Krouse
  • Patent number: 5145417
    Abstract: In combination with at least two terminal assemblies each having body members sealed in the housing wall of a hermetically sealed compressor with outer pin segments extending therefrom, two terminal blocks engageably connected to each of the body members to electrically engage the outer pin segments of the terminal assemblies and a power lead block arrangement interconnectable with one of the terminal blocks to electrically connect the two terminal blocks to a power source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1992
    Assignee: Emerson Electric Co.
    Inventors: Glenn A. Honkomp, Thomas O. McNay, Larry G. Burrows, H. Howard Heimbrock
  • Patent number: 5126608
    Abstract: A motor housing structure with an integrally molded electric connector comprises a front flange (26) and a molded rear housing (28) fixed respectively to the front and rear ends of the core (12) of the stator (10) of a motor, and supports a rotor (20) for rotation in rotary bearings (30, 32) held respectively on the front flange (26) and the molded rear housing (28) with a gap between the inner circumference of the stator (10) and the outer circumference of the rotor (20). The front flange (26) is formed of a metal and the rear housing (28) is formed as a lightweight resin member, by molding. An electric connector unit (40), to which an external electric connector (50) is connected to supply electric drive current to the motor, is formed integrally with the molded rear housing (28). The external electric connector (50) is plugged into the electric connector unit (40) in a direction along the axis of the motor, to electrically connect the external electric connector (50) to the electric connector unit (40).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1992
    Assignee: Fanuc Ltd
    Inventors: Masatoyo Sogabe, Kanemas Okuda, Hiroyuki Uchida, Masashi Nishina, Tomonaga Yamamoto