Patents Assigned to FCI
  • Publication number: 20120251262
    Abstract: A reinforcement system characterized by being formed by a standard helical rod, an expansion head adapted to the thread of the rod, a conical element made of a plastic material, a tube or sheath made of corrugated plastic, a reinforcement plate, and a standard threaded reinforcement nut, according to the helical rod employed, in order to provide immediate mechanical anchoring and the option of subsequent mortar injection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: FCI HOLDINGS DELAWARE, INC.
    Inventor: Mauricio Antonio Hidalgo Salgado
  • Patent number: 8277149
    Abstract: A tensionable cable bolt including a length of multi-strand cable and an anchoring portion comprised of a shaft received on the cable and attached to the cable at a crimp portion comprising at least one primary crimp with at least one secondary crimp disposed within the primary crimp. The cable may include a mixing portion and the anchor portion may include an expansion anchor threaded onto the shaft. A method of manufacturing the tensionable cable bolt includes providing a length of multi-strand cable; providing an anchoring portion including a shaft; extending the cable through the shaft; and crimping the shaft to the cable to form at least one primary crimp with at least one secondary crimp disposed within the primary crimp. The method may further include threading an expansion anchor onto the shaft and/or providing a resin mixing portion along the cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: FCI Holdings Delaware, Inc.
    Inventors: Allen W. Sligar, Clifford W. Perkins
  • Patent number: 8277241
    Abstract: The disclosure describes an electrical connector assembly having first and second electrical connectors configured for mating. Each connector includes a housing that supports a plurality of electrical contacts. The contacts are arranged in first and second rows, and define a first terminal end extending from the housing and configured to connect with an electrical component, and a second hermaphroditic terminal end extending from the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: FCI Americas Technology LLC
    Inventors: David C. Horchler, Mark R. Gray
  • Patent number: 8272895
    Abstract: A sealed electrical connector includes a housing having a terminal-fixing portion, a mating portion for connecting to a counterpart connector and a partition wall therebetween. Contact terminals are fixed into a terminal holder with contact portions protruding out of the terminal holder. The terminal holder is disposed in the terminal-fixing portion. A grommet is placed between the terminal holder and the partition wall. The contact portions extend to the mating portion through the partition wall and the grommet. Molten resin is injected into the terminal holder and fix and seal the contact terminals in the terminal holder. The grommet prevents the resin from leaking into the mating portion through the partition wall. Each contact terminal has a support bracket fixed thereon which supports the terminal in the terminal holder before resin injection. The support bracket allows contact terminals of difference dimension to be fitted and sealed in the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: FCI Automotive Holding
    Inventor: Joo Hyun Park
  • Patent number: 8267721
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a plurality of leadframe assemblies having discrete signal contacts extending through a leadframe housing and defining opposed mating ends and mounting ends. The leadframes lack discrete ground contacts, and instead includes a ground plate having a plurality of mating ends, such that the mating end of at least one signal contact is disposed between a pair of the mating ends of the ground plate. The ground plate further includes a ground coupling bar connected between the pair of mating ends of the ground plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: FCI Americas Technology LLC
    Inventor: Steven E. Minich
  • Patent number: 8267724
    Abstract: In accordance with one embodiment, an electrical connector includes a housing that supports a plurality of electrical contacts. Each electrical contact defines a mating end and an opposing mounting end, and a plurality of mounting terminals disposed at the mounting end. The mounting terminals of each contact are arranged in at least one column extending along a longitudinal direction, such that each column is spaced along a lateral direction, and the mounting terminals of adjacent contacts are longitudinally offset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: FCI Americas Technology LLC
    Inventors: John David Dodds, Alan Crighton
  • Patent number: 8267717
    Abstract: An FPC connector has a main body and an actuator movably attached thereto. When at an opened position, the actuator and the main body form a space therebetween into which an FPC can be inserted. The actuator can then be rotated towards the main body to close the space, such that the FPC is sandwiched and hold between the main body and the actuator. The actuator has a pair of pivots which are received by a pair of slots formed by the pair of support plates fixed to the main body. The actuator has a pair of latches which, when the actuator rotates to the locked position, act against a lock portion of the support plates and cause the lock portions to deform resiliently outwardly. When the latches pass over the lock portions, the lock portions resumes to the original position and lock the latches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: FCI
    Inventors: Takahisa Ishishita, Eri Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 8262421
    Abstract: The present invention relates to contact, including a mating end for mating to two or more contacts and a conductive section. The conductive section includes a crimping end which is adapted to receive an electrical conductor and for being crimped thereto and a shaft section which extends between the crimping end and the mating end and includes two legs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: FCI
    Inventors: Roland Tristan De Blieck, Peter Poorter
  • Patent number: 8262410
    Abstract: An electrical connector sub-assembly including a housing having at least one electrical contact receiving area configured to receive an electrical contact; and a terminal position assurance (TPA) member located on a front section of the housing. The TPA member is laterally movable on the front section between an unlocked position and a locked position. The TPA member comprises two spaced sections configured to lock the electrical contact in the electrical contact receiving area at two spaced locations when the TPA member is moved to the locked position. This prevents unintentional withdrawal of the electrical contact from the electrical contact receiving area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: FCI Automotive Holding
    Inventors: Jeffrey S. Campbell, Franklin A. Holub, Louis M. Carrer, Richard A. Johannes
  • Patent number: 8257108
    Abstract: A socket electrical connector adapted to receive a portion of a mating plug electrical connector. The socket electrical connector includes a housing, at least two electrical contact terminals, and a contact shorting member. The housing includes a first housing member and a second housing member. The second housing member is located in the first housing member and forms a scoop proof dome having a height extending above a top side of the first hosing member. The second housing member forms at least one receiving area for receiving the portion of the mating plug electrical connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: FCI Automotive Holding
    Inventor: Cecil Brown
  • Patent number: 8251745
    Abstract: Disclosed are electrical connectors and methods of assembling an electrical connector having “standard” (i.e., with electrical contacts having in-line tails), jogged (i.e., with electrical contacts having jogged tails but not connected orthogonally to another connector through a substrate), and/or “orthogonal” (i.e., with electrical contacts having jogged tails that are used in an orthogonal application) leadframe assemblies in the same connector. This provides the flexibility of using some of the available contacts in an orthogonal application and, at the same time, having remaining contacts available for routing on the midplane PCB. Though this could be done using only orthogonal leadframe assemblies, the combination of standard leadframe assemblies with orthogonal leadframe assemblies creates additional spacing between the PCB vias, so that signal traces can be more easily routed on the midplane PCB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: FCI Americas Technology LLC
    Inventors: Douglas M. Johnescu, Steven E. Minich, Stephen B. Smith
  • Patent number: 8251737
    Abstract: Terminal block for a cable connector including insulation displacement contact slots at both sides wherein at least a part of the insulation displacement contact slots at one side of the terminal block are paired either by a corresponding insulation displacement contact slot or by a punch support at the opposite side of the terminal block. The punch supports can be provided with a cylindrical curvature with a radius corresponding to the radius of a cable to be punched.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: FCI
    Inventors: Nico Van Stiphout, Ton Karsmakers, Jeroen De Bruijn
  • Patent number: 8241052
    Abstract: The present relates to an electrical connector system which includes a first connector assembly having a first connector and a second connector to be coupled one to the other; a second connector assembly having a third connector and a housing contiguous to the first connector, the housing having an open connecting face for receiving within a complementary part of the third connector so as to perform a coupling one to the other. This connector system may include a movable element which is movable between two positions, i.e.: a “first position” in which it masks at least partially the open connecting face, so that it makes impossible the coupling with the third connector; a “second position” in which it does not mask the front open connecting face, so that it makes possible the coupling with the third connector; the movable element being able to be moved into the “second position” only when said first and second connectors are fully coupled together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: FCI Automotive Holding
    Inventors: Gérard Mulot, Claude Casses
  • Patent number: 8241061
    Abstract: The subject of the invention is a plug for a socket of a connector housing including a sealing front part with a mat-seal equipping the rear of connector housing, and a rear part defining a zone for holding the plug in a rear passage of the connector housing, front part and rear part being connected by a transition zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: FCI Automotive Holding
    Inventors: Frédéric Chazottes, Christian Campfort
  • Patent number: 8231409
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electrical connector comprising including a housing for electrical contacts having a plugging face, and a front grid to be mounted onto the plugging face of the housing according to a plugging axis, the housing comprising including a series of locking members that lock the contacts in place, the front grid comprising: including mounting arrangements arranged for allowing the mounting of the front grid onto the housing from an open position into a closed position only if the contacts are locked in place in the housing, and at least one retractable stop member arranged for stopping the plugging of the counterpart connector with the connector as long as the front grid is not in the closed position, wherein the or each retractable stop member is arranged such that its retraction in the closed position of the front grid can be caused by a sole force exerted thereon in a direction substantially parallel to the plugging axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: FCI Automotive Holding
    Inventors: Jean-Marc Lebrun, Philippe Daudin
  • Patent number: 8231415
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electrical connector that includes a dielectric leadframe housing and a differential signal pair of electrical contacts extending through the leadframe housing. The leadframe housing defines an air pocket adjacent to the pair of electrical contacts. The size of the air pocket may be predetermined to provide for no more than a predefined amount of signal skew between the pair of electrical contacts. The size of the air pocket may be predetermined to provide for a predefined connector impedance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: FCI Americas Technology LLC
    Inventors: Douglas M. Johnescu, Jonathan E. Buck, Stephen B. Smith, Stuart C. Stoner
  • Patent number: D665360
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: FCI Americas Technology LLC
    Inventor: Christopher S. Gieski
  • Patent number: D666975
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: FCI
    Inventors: Jeroen de Bruijn, Thierry Goossens, Johannes Maria Blasius van Woensel
  • Patent number: D668613
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: FCI Americas Technology LLC
    Inventor: Hung Viet Ngo
  • Patent number: D668621
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: FCI Americas Technology LLC
    Inventor: Christopher S. Gieski