Patents Assigned to TE CONNECTIVITY
  • Publication number: 20250144743
    Abstract: A welding device includes a thin film and an ultrasonic welding machine including an ultrasonic welding head welding a first component and a second component of a product together. The thin film is pressed against the product by the ultrasonic welding head and covers a welding area and a non-welding area of the product. The thin film absorbs a vibration energy located in the non-welding area to prevent the vibration energy from being concentrated in the welding area of the product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2024
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Applicants: TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH, Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xianghao (Jorge) Bao, Jian Cao, Dandan (Emily) Zhang, Sun Kyu Pak, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu, Mulang Song, Lvhai (Samuel) Hu
  • Patent number: 12287637
    Abstract: An autonomous product picking system includes product pick up stations at different locations within a facility having call stations with activation buttons at a user interface activated by an operator to transmit call requests when the products are needed to be picked up and to transmit completion signals when the products have been picked up. An automatic guided vehicle is movable within the facility between the product pick up stations and a product drop off station. A system control module guides the AGV within the facility and includes a system communication module communicatively coupled to the AGV and the call stations. The system communication module receives the call requests and the completion signals from the call stations when the activation buttons are activated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH
    Inventors: Swapnilsinh Solanki, Xinping Deng, Jiankun Zhou, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu, Fabio E. Massaro
  • Patent number: 12283776
    Abstract: An angled subassembly of an angled connector includes an angled shield and a cable disposed in the angled shield. The angled shield has a first shield section and a second shield section extending at a bend angle with respect to the first shield section. The cable has a first portion positioned in the first shield section and a second portion positioned in the second shield section. The second portion extends at the bend angle with respect to the first portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH
    Inventors: Nicholas Lee Evans, Kevin Stauffer
  • Patent number: 12282821
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a device installation system. The system includes a device having a wireless communication tag that stores device identification information and torque information for installing the device via a threaded fastener. The system further includes a tool for applying torque to the threaded fastener to install the device. The tool includes a wireless communication tag reader, a temperature sensor, and at least one processor in communication with the wireless communication tag reader and the temperature sensor. The processor is configured to obtain the device identification information and the torque information from the tag via the tag reader; obtain ambient temperature information in a vicinity of the device via the temperature sensor; and determine an amount of torque required to apply to the threaded fastener to install the device using the obtained device identification information, torque information, and ambient temperature information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Ladislaus Kehl, Thomas Schoepf, Kathryn Marie Maher, Daniel Ferreira Ribeiro
  • Patent number: 12282137
    Abstract: An optical sensor system comprising: (a) a light source for at least one optical sensor, the light source comprising at least, (i) an interposer having first and second opposing sides and defining at least one alignment aperture extending from the first opposing side to the second opposing side; (ii) at least one fiber disposed in the at least one alignment aperture, the at least one fiber having a first optical axis; (iii) at least one light emitting component mounted to the second opposing side and having a second optical axis coincident with the first optical axis, the light emitting component configured to emit light, at least a portion of which is coupled with the at least one fiber as coupled light; and (b) the at least one optical sensor optically coupled to the at least one fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH
    Inventors: Mark Benton, Soren Grinderslev, William Atley Weeks, Todd Jason Kuvshinikov
  • Publication number: 20250118926
    Abstract: A seal/damping component for use in an electrical connector, the seal/damping component providing sealing and vibration damping when the seal/damping component is positioned in the electrical connector. The seal/damping component may be made from one material or two or more materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2023
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicant: TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH
    Inventors: Jessica H.B. HEMOND, Ranjan Deepak DESHMUKH, David Bruce SARRAF
  • Publication number: 20250118502
    Abstract: An electrical contact bridge for an electromechanical device includes a bridge element and a spring element. The bridge element has a first contacting portion engaging a first electrical terminal of the electromechanical device, a second contacting portion engaging a second electrical terminal of the electromechanical device, and a middle portion between the first contacting portion and the second contacting portion. The spring element has a flat spring attached to the middle portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicant: TE Connectivity Austria GmbH
    Inventors: Bernd Wesely, Markus Gutmann
  • Publication number: 20250118914
    Abstract: A connector assembly includes a printed circuit board having a first electrical pin and a second electrical pin positioned on the printed circuit board, a socket connector including an insulation housing having a first socket and a second socket, and a locker movable between a first position and a second position. The first electrical pin is removably inserted into the first socket and the second electrical pin is removably inserted into the second socket. The insulation housing has a locking cavity communicated with the first socket. The locker engages with the first electrical pin to lock the first electrical pin in the first socket in the first position, and the locker disengages from the first electrical pin to release the locking of the first electrical pin in the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicants: Tyco Electronics (Dongguan) Ltd., TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH, Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hua (Andy) Li, Wei Yao, Michael James Horning, Chenglong Huang
  • Patent number: 12274019
    Abstract: A back plate configured to support a circuit board includes a body. The body defines a central recess formed into a top surface thereof, and a raised main support column extending from the central recess and adapted to support the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignees: TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH, Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd, Tyco Electronics AMP Qingdao Ltd.
    Inventors: Jinqiang (Jeff) Wang, Zhiqiang (Simon) Li, Guoxiao (Neo) Shen, Jiefeng (Lear) Zhang, Brian Patrick Costello
  • Patent number: 12272900
    Abstract: A connector assembly device includes a terminal clamping device clamping and fixing a terminal of a connector and an insertion module. The insertion module includes a housing clamping device clamping and fixing a housing of the connector, a terminal guide device having a conical guide hole guiding the terminal into the housing, and a linear moving device driving the housing clamping device and the terminal guide device to move towards the terminal. The terminal is inserted into the housing through the conical guide hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignees: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH
    Inventors: An (Joshua) Yang, Lvhai (Samuel) Hu, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu
  • Publication number: 20250112406
    Abstract: An electrical contact includes a cantilever beam extending from a beam connected end connected to a body of the electrical contact to a beam free end along an insertion direction, and a protection tab extending from a tab connected end connected to the body of the electrical contact to a tab free end in a direction opposite to the insertion direction. The tab free end is positioned between the beam free end and the beam connected end along the direction opposite to the insertion direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2024
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Applicants: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH, TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH
    Inventors: Nathan William Swanger, Nicholas Lee Evans, Neil Franklin Schroll, Guenther Mumper, John Wesley Hall, Jochen Brandt
  • Publication number: 20250108564
    Abstract: A method of aligning a part in digital light processing printer and a part made therefrom. The method includes: establishing an absolute location of a pixel in an x/y plane; deriving a pixel boundary from the absolute location; aligning a three dimensional model with the pixel boundary across a build area of the printer; and printing the part using digital light processing. The part has a surface with a uniform surface morphology.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Applicant: TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH
    Inventors: Benjamin A. DOPP, Robert Frederick ZUBRICKIE, Yanzhe YANG
  • Patent number: 12266454
    Abstract: A hot pressing machine for continuously hot pressing a flexible flat cable includes a plurality of hot pressing units arranged at intervals along a feeding direction of the flexible flat cable. A central controller of the machine is operably connected to the plurality of hot pressing units and is configured to control the plurality of hot pressing units to synchronously hot press the flexible flat cable located in the plurality of hot pressing units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignees: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH
    Inventors: Zhonghua Xu, Dandan (Emily) Zhang, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu, Jian Cao, Lvhai (Samuel) Hu
  • Patent number: 12266889
    Abstract: A receptacle assembly includes a receptacle cage having a channel separator received in the cavity between the side walls separating the cavity into upper and lower module channels receiving corresponding pluggable modules. The receptable assembly includes a thermal transport assembly coupled to the receptacle cage having an upper cooling module, a lower cooling module and a cold plate at the rear of the receptacle cage. The upper cooling module is located in a top opening of the cage to thermally couple to the upper pluggable module. The lower cooling module is loaded into the separator chamber to thermally coupled to the lower pluggable module plugged into the lower module chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GmbH et al.
    Inventors: Alan Weir Bucher, WenYu Liu
  • Patent number: 12266875
    Abstract: Shown is an assembly or securing a printed circuit board to a plug body, having a contact element with a holding face facing against a plugging direction of the contact element, and a securing member, that can be transferred into a securing position, in which the printed circuit board is secured by the securing member in a positive fit manner against the plug direction at the holding face. Further shown is a method of securing a printed circuit board at the plug body, wherein a holding face of a contact element facing against a plug direction is inserted through an opening in the printed circuit board and subsequently a securing member is transferred to a securing position, in which the printed circuit board is secured by the securing member in a positive fit manner against the plug direction at the holding face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventor: Ralf Schwan
  • Patent number: 12266880
    Abstract: A contact insulator for use with high speed cable with differential pairs of contacts. A contact receiving portion has contact receiving slots which open from a first side of the contact insulator. A conductor receiving portion has conductor receiving slots which open from a second side of the contact insulator. A transition portion is positioned between the contact receiving portion and the conductor receiving portion. The transition portion has a contact receiving opening which extends through the contact insulator. The contact receiving opening is dimensioned to allow the contacts to be inserted therethrough. The contact insulator is rotated about the contacts and signal conductors of the high speed cable to position the contacts in the contact receiving slots through the first side of the contact insulator and position the signal conductor in the conductor receiving slots through the second side of the contact insulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH
    Inventors: Nicholas Paul Ruffini, Lynn Robert Sipe, Samantha K Heisey, Kyle Gary Annis
  • Patent number: 12257649
    Abstract: A soldering iron head includes a bottom surface, a first side surface, a second side surface opposite to the first side surface, and a positioning slot formed on the bottom surface and extending between the first side surface and the second side surface. The positioning slot is adapted to accommodate and position an exposed end conductor of a cable. The cross section of the positioning slot is trapezoidal in shape, absent a lower bottom. An upper bottom facing side of the trapezoidal cross section of the positioning slot gradually increases in width from the first side surface to the second side surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignees: Tyco Electronics (Dongguan) Ltd., TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH, Tyco Electronics (Shangha) Co., Ltd., Kunshan League Automechanism Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Zongjie (Jason) Tao, Dandan (Emily) Zhang, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu, Hongzhou (Andy) Shen, Yun Luo, Haidong Wu
  • Patent number: 12261389
    Abstract: An electrical plug-type connection comprises a first connector including a connector housing and at least one electrical terminal arranged therein, and a mating connector for coupling to the first connector. The mating connector includes at least one mating electrical terminal extending in an axial direction, and a mating terminal touch protection device movable from an initial position into a final position by the connector housing as the first connector and the mating connector are coupled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventor: Gregor Panitz
  • Patent number: 12255423
    Abstract: A contact arrangement for a connector includes a plurality of contact elements each extending from a first connection side to a second connection side. A plurality of first end sections of a first subset of the contact elements contact a plurality of external elements in a first plane at the first connection side and a plurality of first end sections of a second subset of the contact elements contact a plurality of external elements in a second plane at the first connection side. The second plane is parallel to and spaced from the first plane in a height direction. A plurality of intermediate sections of at least some of the contact elements lie in a single common plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignees: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH, TE Connectivity Nederland BV
    Inventors: Jeroen Jozef Maria De Bruijn, Wijnand Van Gils, Martin Szelag, Peter Dirk Jaeger, Ulrich Buchmann, Franz Mueller, Nick Ottenbros
  • Patent number: 12249780
    Abstract: A card edge connector includes a housing configured to be mounted to a host circuit board and having a card slot at the front configured to receive a card edge of a module circuit card of the pluggable module. A contact assembly is received in a cavity of the housing having cable contacts arranged in an upper contact set and lower contact set. An upper ground bus bar is electrically connected to terminating ends of the ground contacts of the upper contact set and a lower ground bus bar is electrically connected to the ground contacts of the lower contact set. A ground element is coupled to the upper ground bus bar or the lower ground bus bar and includes a board termination component configured to be terminated to the host circuit board to electrically connect the corresponding ground bus bar to the host circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GmbH
    Inventors: Nitish Balakrishnan, Michael John Phillips, Charles Jameson Valentine, Michael Eugene Shirk