Patents Assigned to AMP
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Patent number: 8686113Abstract: The invention relates to a peptide or peptide derivative having the general formula: Sub1-X1-D2K3-P4-P5-Y6-L7-P8-R9-P10-X2-P12-P13-R14-X3-I16-P17/Y17-N18-N19-X4-Sub2, wherein X1 is a non-polar, hydrophobic group or a positively charged group, D2 is asparagine or glutamine, K3, X2, and X4 are positively charged groups, X3 is a positively charged group, proline, or a proline derivative; L7 and I16 are non-polar, hydrophobic groups, Y6 and Y17 are tyrosine, R9 and R14 are arginine, N18 and N19 are asparagine or glutamine, P4, P5, P8, P10, P12, P13, and P17 are proline, hydroxyproline, or derivatives thereof, wherein possibly one or two of the groups selected from D2, P4, P5, P8, P10, P12, P13, P17, and Y17 are replaced by an arbitrary group and/or P13 and R14 are exchanged, Sub1 is the free or modified N-terminus, and Sub2 is the free or modified C-terminus.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2010Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: AMP-Therapeutics GmbHInventors: Ralf Hoffmann, Daniel Knappe, Anna Klara Brigitte Hansen
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Publication number: 20140087582Abstract: A contact housing for a connector of a connector assembly extends through a wall and includes a contact region having a contact seat for receiving a contact-side end of a kink-prone cable. The connector may be for a sealed connector assembly that includes an outer housing, which has a cable inlet opening and an interior space, at least sections of which form a mating-connector receptacle for a mating connector that is complementary to the connector. At least sections of the contact housing of the connector are arranged in the interior space. The contact housing, which has the contact region having the contact seat for holding the contact-side end of the kink-prone cable, facilitates assembly of the connector and prevents damage to the kink-prone cable, and includes positioning means for fixing the position of a laced section of the kink-prone cable.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2013Publication date: March 27, 2014Applicant: TYCO ELECTRONICS AMP GmbHInventors: YEHYA ASHOUR, HARTMUT RIPPER
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Publication number: 20140087583Abstract: A wire holder (4) for a modular communications connector includes insertion cavities (21, 22, 25) positioned for receiving a set of twisted conductor pairs so that each conductor pair can be inserted in an insertion cavity and/or two conductor pairs can be inserted in a same insertion cavity, depending on the communications cable type, its constructive features, the type of application, such that it provides a better performance, such as for data communications cables for high data rates. The wire holder (4) distributes the set of insertion cavities (21, 22, 25) in more than two planes, such that a first plane comprises two insertion cavities (21) that each accept one pair of conductors, a second plane comprises an insertion cavity (25) that accepts one pair of conductors and a third plane includes an insertion cavity (22) that accepts more than one pair of conductors.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2012Publication date: March 27, 2014Applicant: TYCO ELECTRONICS AMP ESPANA SAUInventors: Arturo Pachon, Maria Maqueda Gonzalez
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Patent number: 8668532Abstract: A connector for a Low Profile (LP) fuse which has an increased fixing force, so as to prevent a secured LP fuse from being separated by external forces, such as vibration of a vehicle, etc. The connector for a Low Profile (LP) fuse includes a body, a rear member, and a pair of supporting arms. The body is adapted for insertion into a body receiving passageway of a fuse box. The body includes a lower end electrically connected to an electric wire. The rear member extends from the body into the body receiving passageway, while the pair of supporting members are bent from opposite sides of the rear member. The pair of supporting members extend parallel to each other.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2011Date of Patent: March 11, 2014Assignee: Tyco Electronics Amp Korea Ltd.Inventors: Chul-Sub Lee, Sang-Hee Lee
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Publication number: 20140065899Abstract: A plug contact arrangement is provided having a plurality of plug contact modules, including a plug socket module and a plug contact module. The plug socket module includes a base member and a socket contact section connected to the base member and having pair of contact members extending linearly and parallel with respect to each other and defining a contact blade receiving member there between. Each of the pair of contact members includes a contact face extending into the contact blade receiving member. The plug contact module is securable to the plug socket module and includes a plurality of lateral walls extending parallel to each other, a reinforcement member connecting the plurality of lateral walls, and a contact section extending from the plurality of lateral walls and having a contact blade having opposite contact faces to engage the pair of contact members.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2013Publication date: March 6, 2014Applicant: TYCO ELECTRONICS AMP GMBHInventors: Mohamed Aboulkassem, Bert Bergner, Rudolf Kraemer, Christian Schrettlinger, Konstantin Zech, Sabine Hass
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Patent number: 8662906Abstract: The invention relates to a plug-and-socket connector with a first housing with first electrical contacts and a second housing with second electrical contacts. The first housing has a lever and a blocking element. The second housing has a toothed surface on which the lever arm can be brought into contact with an actuating surface upon pivoting in order to draw the first and the second housing together into an end position in which the first and the second contacts are contacted with each other.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2010Date of Patent: March 4, 2014Assignee: Tyco Electronics AMP GmbHInventors: Marcel Schmitt, Richard Forell, Joachim Schneider
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Patent number: 8651890Abstract: An electric connector is described which provides direct contact between an electric conductor and a respective counterpart. The connection is locked in place by means of one or more spring clips, for example associated with a casing. In a variant a single common casing is provided for the direct connection between a plurality of electric conductors and respective counterparts, which may be contact elements which are also associated with respective electric conductors or bump contacts of a PCB. In a further variant the counterpart is also an electric conductor, in such a way that direct contact is produced between two electric conductors held in mutual engagement by one or more spring clips.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2011Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: Tyco Electronics AMP Italia S.R.L.Inventor: Davide Chiarelli
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Publication number: 20140045363Abstract: An electrical connector element having at least one contact receiving member for an electrical contact element which can be inserted in an insertion direction (E) as far as its end position (F) into the at least one contact receiving member, having a locking member by means of which the contact element in its locking position (L) can be secured in the end position (F) against being removed from the at least one contact receiving member counter to the insertion direction (E), and having a securing member which retains the locking member in the locking position (L) in its securing position (B).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2012Publication date: February 13, 2014Applicant: TYCO ELECTRONICS AMP GMBHInventors: Guenther Mumper, Konrad Helmut Roth
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Patent number: 8642891Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for a dry silicone gel in a closure or interconnect system. The dry silicone gel may be made by reacting a crosslinker, a chain extender, and a vinyl-terminated polydimethylsiloxane. The reaction may be conducted in the presence of a catalyst. In certain embodiments, the dry silicone gel may comprise: (1) a hardness between 100 g and 300 g, (2) a stress relaxation between 30% and 60% when subjected to a deformation of 50% of the original size of the gel, (3) a compression set between 4% and 20% after 50% strain has been applied to the gel for 1000 hours at 70° C., and/or (4) less than 10% oil bleed out under compression of 1.2 atm after 60 days at 60° C.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2011Date of Patent: February 4, 2014Assignees: Tyco Electronics AMP GmbH, Tyco Electronics Raychem BVBA, Tyco Electronics CorporationInventors: Stephane J. G. Berghmans, Michael A. Oar, Miguel A. Morales, Gary W. Adams, Anne-Marie Prins, Nathalie Hendrickx, Guenter Feldmeier, Rudi Kraemer, Bert Bergner, Kristof Vastmans
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Patent number: 8632349Abstract: An electrical connector comprises a first connector element (2) and a second connector element (4) carrying respective contacts, and interconnected so as to be movable, along a coupling direction, between an uncoupled state and a coupled state. A sliding element (5) is mounted in the first connector element (2) so as to be slidable, in a direction orthogonal to said direction of coupling, between an extended position and a retracted position in the first connector element (2). The sliding element (5) has one or more cam tracks (5T), each engaged by an element (4P) of the second connector element (4) in such a way that a movement of the sliding element (5) from the extended position thereof to the retracted position thereof in said first connector element (2) causes the second connector element (4) to move into the coupled state. Each of said cam follower elements (4P) of the second connector element (4) engages the respective cam track (5T) via a cog (4W) mounted rotatably on said cam follower element (4P).Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2011Date of Patent: January 21, 2014Assignee: Tyco Electronics AMP Italia SRLInventor: Alessandro Genta
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Patent number: 8632358Abstract: The invention relates to a connection device (100, 101, 102, 103) for a solar module (400), the connection device (100, 101, 102, 103) having a housing (110, 111, 112, 113) and a contacting means (180), arranged in the housing (110, 111, 112, 113), for contacting a contact element (430) of the solar module (400). The connection device (100, 101, 102, 103) is distinguished by a blind mating connector (120, 150) arranged on the housing (110, 111, 112, 113) without an electrical connection to the contacting means (180), onto which connector a plug-and-socket connector (220, 250) can be plugged. The invention furthermore relates to a solar module with such a connection device (100, 101, 102, 103).Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2012Date of Patent: January 21, 2014Assignee: Tyco Electronics Amp GmbHInventors: Andreas Leonhard, Bernd Kosch, Kristopher Salzmann
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Patent number: 8632364Abstract: Disclosed is a socket for a wedge bulb to maintain excellent grounding performance despite vibration encountered in use. The wedge bulb includes a light emitting element and a connector protruding from a lower end of the light emitting element and provided at each of a front surface and a rear surface thereof with a pair of parallel elastic terminals. The socket includes an elastic supporting terminal unit provided at an inner wall surface of a coupling recess defined in the socket and serving to elastically support the connector inserted into the coupling recess while achieving electrical connection with the electric terminals. Any one of each pair of the electric terminals is pressed and supported by the elastic supporting terminal unit at a different height from the neighboring electric terminal provided at the same surface of the connector and the other electric terminals provided at the opposite surface of the connector.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2010Date of Patent: January 21, 2014Assignees: Tyco Electronics Amp Korea Ltd., SL CorporationInventors: Chul Sub Lee, Kyung Hee Lim
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Publication number: 20140017393Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing at least one functional region (1) on an electrical contact element (30) such as, for example, a switching contact or a plug type contact. The at least one functional region (1), for example, a contact location or a connection region for crimping or soldering connections is limited to a partial area of the contact element.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2012Publication date: January 16, 2014Applicant: TYCO ELECTRONICS AMP GMBHInventors: Helge Schmidt, Michael Leidner, Soenke Sachs
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Publication number: 20140008891Abstract: A retractable vehicle step is attachable to a vehicle or truck. The vehicle step facilitates access to a cargo hold of the vehicle. Advantageously, the vehicle step may be pulled out from under the vehicle by the foot of a user. The vehicle step desirably has a covered and protected biasing mechanism for transitioning between retracted and extended positions of the stepping member.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2013Publication date: January 9, 2014Applicant: 89908, INC., DBA AMP RESEARCHInventors: Horst Leitner, Anthony Smith
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Publication number: 20140008889Abstract: A retractable vehicle step is attachable to a rear portion of a vehicle or truck. The vehicle step facilitates access to a cargo hold of the vehicle. Advantageously, the vehicle step provides clearance space relative to a tailgate of the vehicle by displacing a stepping member of the vehicle step in a generally lateral direction. The vehicle step desirably has a covered and protected biasing mechanism for transitioning between retracted and extended positions of the stepping member. Another advantage is that the vehicle step is readily attachable to the vehicle using already existing connection members, thereby generally eliminating or mitigating the need for customized retrofitting and avoiding undesirable installation cost and time.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2013Publication date: January 9, 2014Applicant: 89908, INC., DBA AMP RESEARCHInventors: Horst Leitner, Anthony Smith
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Publication number: 20140008890Abstract: A retractable step for use with a vehicle comprises a stepping member having an upper stepping surface, a first arm, and a second arm. The first arm has a first end pivotally attached to the vehicle, and a second end pivotally attached to the stepping member. The second arm also has a first end pivotally attached to the vehicle, and a second end pivotally attached to the stepping member. The first and second arms can be generally planar linkages.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2013Publication date: January 9, 2014Applicant: 88908, Inc. dba AMP ResearchInventors: Horst Leitner, Anthony Smith
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Publication number: 20140004750Abstract: An electrical plug type connector comprises a housing of electrically insulating material and an electrically conductive first contact element for transmitting an electrical signal. The housing of the plug type connector has an encoding lug of electrically insulating material. An electrically conductive second contact element is further arranged in the encoding lug.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2012Publication date: January 2, 2014Applicant: TYCO ELECTRONICS AMP GMBHInventor: Joachim Zapf
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Patent number: 8616914Abstract: The present application relates to a checkable plug-in connection comprising a plug having at least one latching element, a verification element which is secured to the plug via a connection element so as to be prevented from being removed, and a mating plug which can be connected to the plug and comprises at least one counter-latching element. The plug-in connection is configured so as to be able to pass from a pre-connection configuration, in which the verification element is prevented from being removed from the plug by the connection element and in which the plug and mating plug are separate from one another, into an end connection configuration, in which the counter-latching element is engaged with the at least one latching element and in which the plug and mating plug are prevented from being pulled apart.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2009Date of Patent: December 31, 2013Assignee: Tyco Electronics AMP GmbHInventors: Guenther Mumper, Yehya Ashour, Harmut Ripper
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Patent number: 8613633Abstract: An electrical connector for terminating a plurality of line wires of communications cable which comprises a dielectric housing; a terminal insert, a contact subassembly and a wire fixture, and a polarization circuit fully covered by the wire fixture it is in a closed or working position.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2012Date of Patent: December 24, 2013Assignees: Tyco Electronics Amp Espana Sau, Tyco Electronics Raychem BVBAInventors: Arturo Pachon, Antonio Puell Olle, Didier Claeys
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Patent number: 8602808Abstract: A simple and secure holder for securing and releasing a first and second plug without requiring additional components. The holder includes a slide and a projecting, rigid securing member on the first plug. The rigid securing member is positioned at a distance away from the slide. The holder includes a slide receptacle and a resilient lock on the second plug, with the resilient lock being positioned at a distance away from the slide receptacle. The slide receptacle is configured in such a way that the slide is encompassed by the slide receptacle. A releasable connection is provided between the first plug and the second plug when the slide receptacle receives the slide and the rigid securing member engages the resilient lock locking into a final position. The holder is intended for use, for example, with plugs used in the vehicular industry.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2009Date of Patent: December 10, 2013Assignee: Tyco Electronics Amp GmbHInventor: Yehya Ashour