Patents Assigned to TE CONNECTIVITY
  • Patent number: 12119590
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes a housing having a mating interface configured to be mated with a hermaphroditic mating electrical connector assembly. The housing includes an electrically conductive commoning member having contact openings. Wafer assemblies are coupled to the housing each having a leadframe, a wafer body holding the leadframe, and a ground frame providing electrical shielding for the leadframe. The signal contacts are terminated to cables. The ground shields are electrically connected to the commoning member. The mating ends of the signal contacts and the ground shields form a hermaphroditic mating interface for mating with the hermaphroditic mating electrical connector assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GMBH
    Inventors: David Allison Trout, Justin Dennis Pickel, Timothy Robert Minnick, Chad William Morgan, Jeffrey Byron McClinton, Michael Streckewald, Margaret Mahoney Fernandes
  • Patent number: 12119577
    Abstract: A cable connector module includes a cable card assembly including a circuit card, cables terminated to the circuit card, and a cable holder coupled to the circuit card and holding the cables relative to the circuit card. The cables include cable conductors electrically connected to corresponding cable contacts of the circuit card. The cable holder holds each of the contacts and includes a connecting tab coupled to the circuit card. The circuit card includes front and rear retaining tabs. The cable connector module includes a connector shell having a cavity that receives the cable card assembly. The connector shell includes a front retainer at the front receiving the front retaining tab to hold the front of the circuit card relative to the connector shell. The connector shell includes a rear retainer at the rear receiving the rear retaining tab to hold the rear of the circuit card relative to the connector shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GmbH
    Inventors: Randall Robert Henry, Brandon Michael Matthews
  • Publication number: 20240337551
    Abstract: A sensor assembly includes a sensor and an adapter connected to the sensor. The sensor includes a housing having a port and a cavity, a diaphragm disposed in the port and enclosing the cavity, and a die disposed in the cavity. The diaphragm extends in a first plane. The adapter has a base section connected to the housing and an end section extending from the base section. The end section has a mating face that extends in a second plane perpendicular to the first plane. The adapter has an adapter passageway extending through the adapter that connects the mating face to the port of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2023
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Applicant: TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH
    Inventors: Dave Eric Wagner, Vincent Wong, Cuong Nguyen
  • Publication number: 20240339793
    Abstract: The invention relates to a contact module for transmission of high-frequency signals, wherein the contact module comprises at least one electrically conductive contact element adapted for transmitting the high-frequency signals, a dielectric insulator at least sectionally surrounding the at least one contact element and an electrically conductive shielding housing at least sectionally surrounding the dielectric insulator with the at least one contact element inside, wherein the shielding housing is monolithically folded around the dielectric insulator. The invention further relates to a set comprising two such contact modules. The invention further concerns an electrical connector comprising at least one contact module and a connector housing. The contact module has an improved shielding performance, a simplified assembly and reduced number of components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2024
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Applicant: TE Connectivity Belgium BV
    Inventors: Peter DEVOS, Koen LIEBAERT, Rik DANNEELS, Ronny DEGRYSE, Peter BAERTSOEN
  • Publication number: 20240339247
    Abstract: The present invention comprises a busbar enclosing at least one cavity, wherein the busbar has at least one web projecting from the wall at least partially into the at least one cavity. The at least one cavity is at least partially filled with a phase change material which is in thermally conductive contact with the at least one web.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2024
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Applicant: TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH
    Inventors: Michael LUDWIG, Christian BERGER, Artem VOITKO, Esteban SANCHEZ, Isabell BURESCH, Astrid WAGNER, Santos GONZALEZ IZQUIERDO, Sebastian BACKE
  • Publication number: 20240339789
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly having a printed circuit board, signal wires, and an impedance mold. The signal wires transmit signals at a determined signal speed. The signal wires have ends which are connected to the printed circuit board. The impedance mold cooperates with the printed circuit and the signal wires. The impedance mold is formed from a tunable hot melt adhesive composition. A dielectric constant of the tunable hot melt adhesive composition is adjusted to be compatible with the desired signal performance characteristics of the signals transmitted over the signal wires to the printed circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2023
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Applicant: TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH
    Inventors: Chad William MORGAN, Bruce Allen CHAMPION, David Patrick ORRIS, Jessica H B. HEMOND, Megan Hoarfrost BEERS, Aakriti KHAREL, Jason Thomas CHIOTA
  • Publication number: 20240339744
    Abstract: The document relates to a circulator forming an isolator for transmitting microwaves in one direction. The circulator comprises: a receiving port for receiving a high-power microwave beam generated by a solid state microwave source; a transceiver port for transmitting the high-power microwave beam to a microwave chamber and the transceiver port for receiving a reflected microwave beam from the microwave chamber; and a microwave absorber connected to a terminating port of the circulator, the microwave absorber for absorbing the reflected microwave beam received by the transceiver port. Further, the circulator comprises a heat sink thermally conductive coupled to the microwave absorber, the heat sink for transferring heat, which is generated by absorbing the microwave beam, to a fluid medium, wherein the heat sink is formed by a casing, the casing housing the circulator and the casing having a void for housing the solid state microwave source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2024
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Applicant: TE Connectivity Nederland B.V.
    Inventor: Robin WESSON
  • Patent number: 12109902
    Abstract: A resistor module includes a resistor module housing having an inner cavity. A proximity contact and a ground contact are received in the inner cavity and held by the resistor module housing. A proximity wire, electrically connected to a proximity terminal of the charging inlet assembly, is electrically connected to the proximity contact. A ground wire, electrically connected to a ground terminal of the charging inlet assembly, is electrically connected to the ground contact. A resistor element is received in the inner cavity and coupled to mating ends of the proximity and ground contacts. The resistor element is electrically connected to the proximity terminal through the proximity wire and the proximity contact and is electrically connected to the ground terminal through the ground wire and the ground contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH
    Inventors: Matthew Bryan Hitchcock, Clara Marguerite Rhodes, Jeremy Christin Patterson, Aaron James de Chazal
  • Patent number: 12113309
    Abstract: A connector for a flat flexible cable includes a housing portion and a plurality of terminals. The housing portion has a retention section and a crimping section. The retention section has a plurality of terminal receiving passageways. The plurality of terminals each have a contact portion held in one of the plurality of terminal receiving passageways and a crimping portion exposed in the crimping section. A plurality of conductors exposed in a window extending through an insulation material of the flat flexible cable are each crimped in the crimping portion of one of the plurality of terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH
    Inventors: Hurley Chester Moll, John Mark Myer, Forrest Irving Kinsey, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20240328882
    Abstract: A sensor includes a housing having a body, a plurality of ports, and a plurality of cavities. The ports include a first port and a second port, and the cavities include a first cavity disposed in the first port and a second cavity disposed in the second port. The sensor includes a first diaphragm disposed in the first port and enclosing the first cavity and a second diaphragm disposed in the second port and enclosing the second cavity. The first diaphragm and the second diaphragm are coplanar with one another in a first plane. The sensor includes a die disposed in the first cavity and having a membrane that is deflectable according to a differential pressure between a first pressure in the first cavity and a second pressure in the second cavity. The die is attached to the housing along a second plane parallel to the first plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH
    Inventors: Dave Eric Wagner, Vincent Wong
  • Patent number: 12107363
    Abstract: A seal for an electrical plug connector includes a passage opening receiving a contact element, a contact sealing section extending along the passage opening in a sleeve-shaped manner, and a creepage distance increase section disposed opposite the contact sealing section. The creepage distance increase section continues the passage opening in a tubular manner and/or extends away from the passage opening in a plate-shaped manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventor: Ralf Schwan
  • Publication number: 20240322477
    Abstract: A crown spring includes a plurality of spring blades that are radially deflectable, a proximal ring member connecting proximal ends of the spring blades, and a distal ring member connecting distal ends of the spring blades. Each of the spring blades has only one contact section contacting a pin contact inserted into the crown spring in the axial direction. The contact section is disposed at a radially most inward portion of the spring blade. The contact sections of the spring blades are arranged in a pair of annular zones that extend around an axial direction and are spaced apart from each other in the axial direction. The contact sections in each of the annular zones are located in a same radial plane perpendicular to the axial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Applicants: TE Connectivity Nederland BV, TE Connectivity India Private Limited
    Inventors: Freddy Jean Philip Dendas, Kesavamurthy Kavaramalai
  • Publication number: 20240324072
    Abstract: An electrical heating unit for heating a heat shrink cover includes an electrical heating element and a carrier unit on which the electrical heating element is assembled. The carrier unit is attachable to the heat shrink cover. The carrier unit has a corrugated shape formed by a plurality of ridges extending along a longitudinal axis of the carrier unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Applicant: TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Heindl, Ladislaus Kehl
  • Patent number: 12100924
    Abstract: A crimp includes a crimp barrel having a first side wall and a second side wall. The first side wall has a self-locking wing and the second side wall has a self-locking hooked pocket. The self-locking wing is adapted to lock with the self-locking hooked pocket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignees: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH, TE Connectivity India Private Limited
    Inventors: Uwe Bluemmel, Shashikumar S N, Vinayakumar Shettar, Saravanakumar M, Deepak A G
  • Patent number: 12101899
    Abstract: An electrical element includes a plate member, a first housing part having a plate insertion section adapted to guide an insertion of the plate member along an insertion direction into a mounting position of the plate member at the first housing part, and a second housing part having a locking element forming a locking with a counter locking element of the first housing part. The second housing part has a latching element engaging a counter latching element of the plate member. The latching element and the counter latching element form a latching in an engaged state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignees: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH, TE Connectivity India Private Limited
    Inventors: Christoph Kraemer, Manivasakan Ravinthiran, Pooventhan A
  • Patent number: 12097588
    Abstract: A carrier transmission device comprises a slide rail, a rack and a pair of gears. The slide rail extends along a transmission direction of a carrier to be transmitted and is adapted to slidingly guide the carrier. The rack extends along the transmission direction and is connectable to, or integrally formed on, the carrier. The pair of gears are spaced by a predetermined distance in the transmission direction and are adapted to engage with the rack and drive the carrier to move in the transmission direction on the slide rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignees: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH
    Inventors: Jian Cao, Lvhai (Samuel) Hu, Dandan (Emily) Zhang, Fengchun (Fred) Xie, An (Joshua) Yang, Yun (Shanghai) Liu, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu
  • Patent number: 12098963
    Abstract: A temperature sensor assembly including a carrier part having a receptacle for a temperature pin, a sensor element for measuring a temperature, and a pushing element pushing the sensor element into the receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignees: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH, TE Connectivity India Private Limited
    Inventors: Sebastian Wiechert, Kiranpal Singh, Daniel Reis, Christoph Mueller, Sven Faas
  • Patent number: 12098934
    Abstract: An inductive angle sensor includes an exciter coil, an oscillator circuit, a plurality of receiver coils, an evaluation circuit evaluating a plurality of signals induced in the receiver coils, and a coupling element that is movable and influences a strength of an inductive coupling between the exciter coil and the receiver coils. The coupling element has a first encoder element and a second encoder element. The coupling element has a third encoder element formed as a conducting extension with an asymmetric geometry. The asymmetric geometry influences the strength of the inductive coupling between the exciter coil and the receiver coils only in a part of a plurality of periodically repeating loop structures of the receiver coils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Sensors Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Armin Meisenberg, Reinhold Pieper, Axel Bartos
  • Publication number: 20240313476
    Abstract: An electrical connector with a housing having at least one slot for receiving an electrical wafer therein. Signal contacts are positioned on a first side of the at least one slot. The signal contact resilient contact arms exert a first normal force on the electrical wafer inserted in the at least one slot. At least one ground shield contact member is positioned on a second side of the at least one slot. The ground shield resilient contact arms exert a second normal force on the wafer inserted in the at least one slot. The second normal force exerted by the ground shield resilient contact arms is greater than the first normal force exerted by the signal contact resilient contact arms. The wafer is biased toward the signal contact resilient contact arms of the signal contacts regardless of a thickness of the wafer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Applicants: TE Connectivity Nederland B.V., TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH
    Inventors: Jacobus Nicolaas TUIN, Bruce Allen CHAMPION, Charles Raymond GINGRICH, III, Keith Edwin MILLER, Kyle Gary ANNIS, Rutger Wilhelmus SMINK, Sander FLORIS, Scott Eric WALTON
  • Publication number: 20240312944
    Abstract: A semiconductor die includes a top side, a bottom side opposite to the top side, and a side surface connecting the top side and the bottom side. The bottom side and a part of the side surface are attachable to a solid structure by a die attach material. The side surface has an attachment control element defining an attachment zone contacted by the die attach material and/or an exclusion zone that is not contacted by the die attach material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Applicant: TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH
    Inventors: Kaspar Jenni, Ismael Brunner, Thomas Arnold