Patents Assigned to Molex, LLC
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Patent number: 11792958Abstract: The present disclosure provides a connector assembly comprising a cage and a heat sink. The cage has a receiving space and a wall constituting the receiving space, the wall is formed with a window which is communicated with the receiving space and two latching plates which are provided to two sides of the window and extend away from the receiving space, each latching plate is integrally formed with a latching protrusion, the latching protrusion has a guiding portion and a latching portion, a protruding amount of the guiding portion from the latching plate gradually increases as a distance of the guiding portion from the receiving space decreases, the latching portion is positioned to a tip end surface of the guiding portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2021Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: Molex, LLCInventors: Sheng-Ping Yen, Tsai-Hui Chien, Hui-Hsuan Yang, Kuan-Lin Peng, Vinayakumar Kori
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Patent number: 11792027Abstract: A system and/or method can include power of Ethernet (PoE) controller including a PoE interface, a device interface and a controller, communicatively coupled to the PoE interface and the device interface. The controller can be configured to receive device control information via the PoE interface and to generate control instructions in response to the device control information for the device interface.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2017Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: MOLEX, LLCInventors: Giovanni Frezza, Christopher Blount, Michael C. Picini, Mohammed Alhroub, Anthony Mackey
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Patent number: 11784434Abstract: A connector assembly is provided and includes a guide shielding cage and a heat sink module. The guide shielding cage has at least one insertion space positioned inside. The heat sink module includes a heat dissipating member, a pressure applying elastic member, a lever member and a supporting elastic member. The heat dissipating member has a thermal coupling portion formed downwardly, the lever member is pivoted to the guide shielding cage, the lever member has a pushed end and a pressure applying end, the supporting elastic member upwardly and elastically supports the heat dissipating member. The heat dissipating member is capable of moving between a releasing position which is higher relative to the insertion space and an acting position which is lower relative to the insertion space and where the thermal coupling portion enters into the insertion space.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2021Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: Molex, LLCInventor: Che-Yuan Yang
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Patent number: 11784440Abstract: A cage includes a cage housing forming an inner area with internal walls that define an upper port and a lower port. Each of the ports include a cap that forms a keyway. The cap in an upper bay can extend from the upper bay in a direction that is opposite a direction the cap in the lower port extends. The cage may include a plurality of spring fingers therein which engage with a conductive bezel. The cage provides EMI shielding for the plug connector.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2023Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: Molex, LLCInventors: Edmund Poh, Philip Dambach, Lie Chen, Marie Poff Cain, David L. Brunker, Alexandra Haser, Egide Murisa, Huadong Li, Scott D. Sommers
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Patent number: 11784670Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus for using antennas for millimeter wave contactless communication. One of the apparatuses is a communication device that includes a transducer configured to convert electrical signals into extremely high frequency (EHF) electromagnetic signals, the EHF electromagnetic signals substantially emitted from a first surface of the communication device, wherein the transducer is positioned on a substrate of the communication device, and an integrated circuit coupled to the substrate, wherein the transducer includes multiple parallel resonant antenna elements in an array.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2021Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: Molex, LLCInventors: Giriraj Mantrawadi, Bojana Zivanovic, Wen-Chi Cheng
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Patent number: 11774693Abstract: An I/O connector includes a body comprising a first surface, a second surface, side surfaces extending between the first surface and the second surface, and a cable entrance port at a rear end of the body extending toward a front end of the body. The I/O connector includes a printed circuit board (PCB) positioned between the first surface and the second surface of the body. The PCB includes a first set of one or more electrical components mounted on a first side of the PCB. A first heatsink is disposed on the first surface. The I/O connector includes first heatpipe thermally coupled with the first heatsink and the first set of one or more electrical components, positioned between the first surface and the first side of the PCB.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2021Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: Molex, LLCInventors: Shiping Yu, Mark Harrison
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Patent number: 11777258Abstract: A receptacle connector includes a receptacle housing and a plurality of receptacle terminals. The receptacle housing has a bottom surface, a top surface and a plurality of terminal grooves that each includes a first side wall portion, a second side wall portion and a top wall portion, and the top wall portion and the second side wall portion help define an insertion opening portion. Each receptacle terminal has a fixed segment which is fixed to the receptacle housing, an elastic segment which extends obliquely and upwardly from a top end of the fixed segment, then is folded back and extends obliquely and upwardly toward the top wall portion and a tail segment which extends toward the second side wall portion. The elastic segment has a contact portion which is positioned below the insertion opening portion and a guiding surface which is positioned below the insertion opening portion.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2021Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: Molex, LLCInventors: Hien-Hwee Tan, Ser-Kiat Toh
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Patent number: 11768177Abstract: A sensor is provided for detecting small concentrations of volatile organic compounds in ambient air. The sensor has a lamp assembly and a gas sampling chamber assembly which are operatively associated. The gas sampling chamber assembly has an ionization chamber and an electrode assembly. The electrode assembly has sensing, counter and auxiliary electrodes and circuitry. The electrodes are positioned within the ionization chamber and are separated from one another. The circuitry is configured to apply a voltage difference to the sensing and counter electrodes, control an electrical potential of the auxiliary electrode to be substantially equal to an electrical potential of the counter electrode, measure/estimate a current at the sensing electrode and at the auxiliary electrode, determine a difference between the current at the sensing electrode and the current at the auxiliary electrode, and correct the current at the sensing electrode by using the difference.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2021Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: Molex, LLCInventors: Wenfeng Peng, Mariusz Kloza, Miao Xu
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Patent number: 11764510Abstract: A connector is provided which has a connector main body and a reinforcement fitting attached to the connector main body. The reinforcement fitting contains an upper surface part covering at least a portion of an upper surface of a mating guide part of the connector main body, an end surface part covering a portion of an end surface of the mating guiding part, a first side surface part covering a portion of each side surface of the mating guiding part, and a second side surface part covering a portion of each side surface of the guiding part. The end surface part is connected to the upper surface part, the first side surface part is connected to the upper surface part, and the second side surface part is positioned closer to the end surface of the guiding part than the first side surface part and is connected to the end surface part.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2021Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: Molex, LLCInventor: Satoshi Tanaka
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Publication number: 20230291153Abstract: To exhibit high strength, achieve a high shielding effect, and increase reliability with a compact and low profile. A first connector that mates with a second connector, containing: a first connector main body; a first terminal attached to the first connector main body; a first high-frequency terminal attached to the first connector main body; and a first shield surrounding an entire circumference of the first connector main body; and further containing, a first inner side shield attached to the first connector main body and extending in a width direction of the first connector between the first terminal and the first high-frequency terminal; where a substrate connecting part of the first terminal is visible from a mating surface side of the first connector, and a substrate connecting part of the first inner side shield is not visible from the mating surface side.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2021Publication date: September 14, 2023Applicant: Molex, LLCInventors: Jumpei EBISAWA, Masato OKANO, Manabu YAMANAKA, Taichi TANIGUCHI, Kenta ARICHIKA, Yoshiteru NOGAWA
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Publication number: 20230291140Abstract: An electrical connector includes: an insulative housing, an interior of the insulative housing is provided with a plurality of terminal receiving cavities which penetrate along a front-rear direction, two sides of each terminal receiving cavity each are provided with a fixing slot; a plurality of conductive terminals respectively correspondingly mounted in the plurality of terminal receiving cavities; each conductive terminal includes a fixing portion, a mating portion which extends forwardly from the fixing portion and a crimping connection portion and a crimping wire portion which extend rearwardly from the fixing portion; two sides of the fixing portion each are provided with a vertical extending piece which extends upwardly, a fixing wing horizontally bends outwardly from an upper end of each vertical extending piece, the fixing wing is correspondingly fixed in the fixing slot.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2023Publication date: September 14, 2023Applicant: Molex, LLCInventor: Guo-Li Li
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Patent number: 11758665Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a battery connection module and a battery device. The battery connection module includes a carrying tray, a plurality of busbars and a flexible circuit board. The plurality of busbars are provided to the carrying tray.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2020Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: Molex, LLCInventors: Yong Lin, Shang Xiu Zeng, Kian Heng Lim
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Patent number: 11757156Abstract: A battery connection module of the present disclosure includes a carrying tray, a plurality of busbars, a flexible circuit board, a connector and a connector box. The flexible circuit board is provided to the carrying tray. The connector is provided at an end of the flexible circuit board, the connector includes a connector housing and a plurality of conductive terminals which are provided in the connector housing and electrically and mechanically connected to the flexible circuit board, the connector housing has a mating portion at a front end thereof, a base at a rear end thereof and a rear supporter protruding rearwardly from the base. The connector box is constructed to one end of the carrying tray and receives the connector, the connector box includes a bottom wall, two side walls and an upper opening which allows the connector to be assembled therein.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2021Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: Molex, LLCInventors: Yong Lin, Kian-Heng Lim, Shang-Xiu Zeng
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Patent number: 11735338Abstract: Data/telecommunication cables that include one or more layers of an integral, bonded electromagnetic shield are described. The shield may be configured to form an electrical ground path.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2021Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: Molex, LLCInventors: Jared D. Sullivan, Michael McGee, Eran J. Jones, David Gader, Andrew J. Wehrli, Todd D. Ward, Gianni R. Bardella, Ayman Isaac, Darian Schulz
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Patent number: 11735866Abstract: A connector includes an insulative housing and a circuit board. The insulative housing comprises a housing body, an insertion plate, two side walls and a stopping wall. The housing body has a front end surface, the insertion plate is positioned at a top side of the housing body and protrudes from the front end surface, the two side walls are respectively positioned at a left side and a right side of the housing body and protrudes from the front end surface. The housing body, the insertion plate and the two side walls together form a receiving space. The stopping wall is positioned at a side of the insulating housing opposite to the insertion plate and has a stopping end positioned in front of the front end surface. The circuit board is provided to the housing body and partially protrudes into the receiving space. The stopping end of the stopping wall is stopped by the mating connector, it can prevent the user from improperly inserting the connector in an upside down orientation into the mating connector.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2021Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: Molex, LLCInventor: Wei-Che Sun
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Patent number: 11735868Abstract: An electrical connector assembly can include a plug connector mountable to a planar substrate and a receptacle connector configured to receive a plurality of cables and that can mate with the plug connector. The plug connector may include a first inline terminal row and a second inline terminal row exposed on a mounting face to conductively contact the planar substrate. The receptacle connector can include a plurality of terminals having termination ends aligned in common wafer plane that can be conductively terminated with the plurality of cables. The plug connector and the electrical connector are configured to establish electrical channels from the termination ends coplanar with the common wafer plan to the first and second inline terminal rows.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2022Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: Molex, LLCInventors: John C. Laurx, Yueh-Ting Chiang
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Patent number: 11729941Abstract: A connector assembly includes cages arranged as an upper cage and a lower cage in an up-down direction, a receptacle connector, a first liquid cooling tray and a second liquid cooling tray. Each cage includes a frame and a plurality of partitioning walls provided to the frame, and the frame and the plurality of partitioning walls together define a plurality of insertion space arranged transversely. The first liquid cooling tray is provided to a top portion of the upper cage and constitutes an upper wall surface of each of the plurality of insertion space of the upper cage. The second liquid cooling tray is provided between the upper cage and the lower cage, constitutes a lower wall surface of each of the plurality of insertion spaces of the upper cage, and constitutes an upper wall surface of each of the plurality of insertion space of the lower cage.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2021Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: Molex, LLCInventor: Che-Yuan Yang
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Patent number: D1000390Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2021Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: Molex, LLCInventors: Jeevan Suresh Gurrapukonda, Gautam Sharma, Harsha Thyagaraj
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Patent number: D1000391Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2021Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: Molex, LLCInventors: Jeevan Suresh Gurrapukonda, Gautam Sharma, Harsha Thyagaraj
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Patent number: D1000397Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2021Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: Molex, LLCInventors: Ayako Matsumoto, Hiroki Kobayashi, Kensuke Yamada