Patents Assigned to Molex, LLC
  • Patent number: 11792958
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Sheng-Ping Yen, Tsai-Hui Chien, Hui-Hsuan Yang, Kuan-Lin Peng, Vinayakumar Kori
  • Patent number: 11792027
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: MOLEX, LLC
    Inventors: Giovanni Frezza, Christopher Blount, Michael C. Picini, Mohammed Alhroub, Anthony Mackey
  • Patent number: 11784434
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventor: Che-Yuan Yang
  • Patent number: 11784440
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Edmund Poh, Philip Dambach, Lie Chen, Marie Poff Cain, David L. Brunker, Alexandra Haser, Egide Murisa, Huadong Li, Scott D. Sommers
  • Patent number: 11784670
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Giriraj Mantrawadi, Bojana Zivanovic, Wen-Chi Cheng
  • Patent number: 11774693
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Shiping Yu, Mark Harrison
  • Patent number: 11777258
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Hien-Hwee Tan, Ser-Kiat Toh
  • Patent number: 11768177
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Wenfeng Peng, Mariusz Kloza, Miao Xu
  • Patent number: 11764510
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventor: Satoshi Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20230291153
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Jumpei EBISAWA, Masato OKANO, Manabu YAMANAKA, Taichi TANIGUCHI, Kenta ARICHIKA, Yoshiteru NOGAWA
  • Publication number: 20230291140
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: Molex, LLC
    Inventor: Guo-Li Li
  • Patent number: 11758665
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Yong Lin, Shang Xiu Zeng, Kian Heng Lim
  • Patent number: 11757156
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Yong Lin, Kian-Heng Lim, Shang-Xiu Zeng
  • Patent number: 11735338
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Jared D. Sullivan, Michael McGee, Eran J. Jones, David Gader, Andrew J. Wehrli, Todd D. Ward, Gianni R. Bardella, Ayman Isaac, Darian Schulz
  • Patent number: 11735866
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventor: Wei-Che Sun
  • Patent number: 11735868
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: John C. Laurx, Yueh-Ting Chiang
  • Patent number: 11729941
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventor: Che-Yuan Yang
  • Patent number: D1000390
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Jeevan Suresh Gurrapukonda, Gautam Sharma, Harsha Thyagaraj
  • Patent number: D1000391
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Jeevan Suresh Gurrapukonda, Gautam Sharma, Harsha Thyagaraj
  • Patent number: D1000397
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Ayako Matsumoto, Hiroki Kobayashi, Kensuke Yamada