Patents Assigned to Tyco Electronics France SAS
  • Patent number: 12100916
    Abstract: A temperature measuring device for measuring a temperature of a terminal of an electrical connector includes a printed circuit board, a temperature sensor mounted on the printed circuit board, and a thermally conductive sleeve having a first thermally conductive portion and a second thermally conductive portion. The first thermally conductive portion has a recess receiving a part of the printed circuit board. The first thermally conductive portion is in thermal contact with the temperature sensor. The second thermally conductive portion forms a flexible tab extending from the first thermally conductive portion and contacting the terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics France SAS
    Inventors: Olivier Pamart, Eric Chatelus, Bruno Dupont, Jose Ferreira
  • Patent number: 12034265
    Abstract: A terminal block includes an insulating casing defining a recess receiving a conductive bar and a retaining spring. The conductive bar includes a base portion, a support leg attached to the base portion and a cooperating leg attached to the base portion. In a mounted position of the conductive bar and the retaining spring within the recess, the support leg engages with a support part of the retaining spring, and the cooperating leg is positioned to engage with a conductor inserted into a plug of the terminal block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics France SAS
    Inventors: Philippe France, Geoffrey Moine, Anna-Line Escoffier, Laurene Seguin
  • Patent number: 11901689
    Abstract: A receptacle device includes a first cooperating assembly configured to receive a first accessory having a plurality of first sized cooperating elements and a second cooperating assembly configured to receive a second accessory having a plurality of second sized cooperating elements. The first cooperating assembly has a pair of protrusions of a first type that are symmetrical with regard to a first central plane and that extend toward each other transversally to the first central plane. The second cooperating assembly has a pair of protrusions of a second type that are symmetrical with regard to a second central plane and that extend opposite to each other transversally to the second central plane. The first central plane is parallel to the second central plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics France SAS
    Inventors: Philippe Fontaine, Francois Fayard
  • Publication number: 20240006802
    Abstract: A connector rear cover includes a middle portion having a first edge and a second edge, a first lateral portion having a first lateral edge, and a second lateral portion having a second lateral edge. The first lateral portion is connected to the middle portion by a first hinge and the second lateral portion is connected to the middle portion by a second hinge so that the connector rear cover is foldable between an open and a closed state. The first edge of the middle portion faces the first lateral edge of the first lateral portion and the second edge of the middle portion faces the second lateral edge of the second lateral portion. The edges have recesses such that, in the closed state, there are openings between the middle portion and the first lateral portion and between the middle portion and the second lateral portion that receive electric conductors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics France SAS
    Inventors: Naoufal Yadine, Francois Jodon De Villeroche
  • Patent number: 11852239
    Abstract: A seal for an angled connector includes a rim wall enclosing a central opening and a sealing passage extending from outside the seal through the rim wall into the central opening. The seal has a planar plate-shaped configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics France SAS
    Inventors: Steven Lord, Xavier Rouillard
  • Patent number: 11843131
    Abstract: An electrical device including a conductor cable having an electrical conductor embedded in an insulation sheath of the conductor cable in a contact plane. The electrical conductor is stripped of the insulation sheath in a predetermined contact section at least on one contact side, the contact section of the conductor is bent out with the contact side from the contact plane to beyond the insulation sheath. The device further includes an electrical connection counterpart. The contact side of the contact section of the conductor rests on the electrical connection counterpart and is connected directly to the electrical connection counterpart to form an electrical contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignees: TE Connectivity Belgium BV, TE Connectivity Germany GmbH, Tyco Electronics France SAS
    Inventors: Martin Henle, Szilard Eberhardt, Marco Wagner, Olivier Dalino, Koen Liebaert, Aniruddha Berikai Vasu, Andre Martin Dressel, Jochen Brandt, Christopher Joest, Christoph Rennefeld, Thorsten Callies, Florian Brabetz, Uwe Hauck, Ralf Gollee, Rudi Blumenschein, Gerzson Toth, Josef Sinder
  • Publication number: 20230361512
    Abstract: An electrical connector for a safety restraint system of a motor vehicle comprises a housing, a pair of electrical terminals, a shunt and a connector position assurance (CPA) device. The housing includes a first end and a second end, the second end extending in a mating direction of the connector. Each of the electrical terminals traverses the housing from the first end to the second end. The shunt is adapted to short-circuit the pair of electrical terminals, and comprises two shunt arms each having a contact portion and a linking portion, and a shunt bridge linking the linking portions of the shunt arms. The CPA device is moveably arranged in the housing between an unlocked position and a locked position. In the locked position the CPA device lifts the shunt from a short-circuiting position across the terminals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics France SAS
    Inventors: Quentin Delestre, Steven Lord, Xavier Rouillard
  • Patent number: 11799241
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a housing formed in a single piece and including a recess, a compression spring disposed in the recess, and a position assurance element having a head disposed in the recess and inserted through a first end of the compression spring. The compression spring is unloaded in a plugged-in position of the electrical connector into a mating connector and opposes plugging of the electrical connector into the mating connector in a loaded state. The first end of the compression spring exerts a force only on the position assurance element, the position assurance element exerts a force on the one-piece housing, and a second end of the compression spring opposite the first end along a longitudinal axis of the compression spring exerts a force only on the recess of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics France SAS
    Inventors: Xavier Rouillard, Olivier Pamart, Steven Lord
  • Patent number: 11777236
    Abstract: A distribution block for attaching to a support rail extending in a support direction comprises an insulating housing, and a conductive member arranged in the insulating housing. A mounting assembly of the distribution block is connected to the insulating housing for attaching to the support rail. The distribution block is mountable on the support rail in a longitudinal configuration wherein the extension direction of the insulating housing is substantially parallel to the support direction, and in a transverse configuration wherein the extension direction of the insulating housing is transverse to the support direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignees: Tyco Electronics France SAS, TE Connectivity India Private Limited
    Inventors: Saurabh Bisht, Charlotte Deligny, Philippe France, Dhanabal R, Anna-Line Escoffier
  • Patent number: 11757209
    Abstract: A fastening device for fastening an electrical terminal to an electrically conducting post includes a spring and a locking device retaining the electrical terminal on the electrically conducting post in a locked position of the fastening device. The spring is at least partially loaded in the locked position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics France SAS
    Inventors: Thomas Vuillardot, Xavier Rouillard, Joseph Daher, Francois Jodon de Villeroche
  • Publication number: 20230261407
    Abstract: A contact element includes a frame and a contact spring fixed to the frame. The frame has a first region and a second region opposite the first region. The second region is spaced apart from the first region by a gap. The contact spring has a fixed end fixed to the first region of the frame and a free end opposite the fixed end. The contact spring extends from the first region across the gap to the second region. The free end of the contact spring overlaps the second region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicants: TE Connectivity India Private Limited, Tyco Electronics France SAS
    Inventors: Rakesh R S, Sundareshan M D, Xavier Rouillard
  • Publication number: 20230246370
    Abstract: An assembly includes an electrical connection terminal electrically connectable to a pin of a connector socket, the electrical connection terminal including a connecting portion and a crimping portion, and a ring assembled around the connecting portion. The crimping portion receives and crimps an electrical cable to be connected with the pin of the connector socket. The connecting portion receives the pin of the connector socket and has a side wall forming a circular cylinder structure. The side wall has an opening. The ring is connectable in a positive fit with a coding housing such that the coding housing is rotatably movable with respect to the electrical connection terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics France SAS
    Inventors: Alexis Mettavant, Imad Smirani, Xavier Rouillard
  • Publication number: 20230238740
    Abstract: A connector assembly includes a connector, and a connector position assurance (CPA) device movably arranged with the connector between a first position and a second position. The CPA device assures mating in a mating direction between the connector and a second connector in the second position. The CPA device includes a body and a latching arm extending therefrom in the mating direction. The latching arm defines at least one chamfered surface portion facing at least partially in a force direction perpendicular to the mating direction and abutting against a stopping surface of the connector in the first position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics France SAS
    Inventors: Xavier Rouillard, Naoufal Yadine
  • Publication number: 20230109845
    Abstract: An electrical connection device includes a first jaw and a second jaw facing the first jaw in a closed state. The first jaw has a first insertion surface perpendicular to an insertion direction into a connection casing, a first surface facing the second jaw that is substantially parallel to the insertion direction, and an opposite first surface opposite the first insertion surface. The first jaw has a first recess. The second jaw has a second surface facing the first jaw and extending substantially parallel to the insertion direction, a second insertion surface introduced over the connection casing and perpendicular to the insertion direction, and an opposite second surface opposite to the second insertion surface. The second jaw has a second recess facing the first recess in the closed state. The first recess and/or the second recess has a rod at the first edge and/or the second edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics France SAS
    Inventors: Veronique Brenca, Imad Smirani, Xavier Rouillard
  • Publication number: 20230096310
    Abstract: A substrate for contacting an electrical pin arranged in a housing includes a base having a recess receiving the electrical pin, a metal leadframe having a contacting region electrically and/or thermally contacting the electrical pin, and a contact pin extending along a mating direction in a plane parallel to the metal leadframe and configured to electrically contact a mating contact pin of a mating connector. The metal leadframe is rigidly fixed to the base to prevent a relative movement between the metal leadframe and the substrate. The substrate is movable with respect to the housing along a locking direction from an unlocked position where the substrate is not locked to the housing to a locked position in which the substrate is locked to the housing. A movement of the contacting region with respect to the electrical pin is prevented in the locked position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics France SAS
    Inventors: Olivier Pamart, Bruno Dupont, Romain Anselmini
  • Patent number: 11616319
    Abstract: A safety electrical assembly includes an electrical apparatus having a connecting zone with a plurality of terminals each connected to a cable, each of the terminals having a connecting opening formed within an insulating housing of the electrical apparatus, a protective cover cooperating with the electrical apparatus in a mounted position, and a main opening for the cables connected to the terminals extending from an exterior area to an interior area of the safety electrical assembly. The interior area is defined between the electrical apparatus and the protective cover. The connecting openings are disposed in the interior area. The main opening is arranged so that a direct trajectory from any point of the main opening oriented toward any point of any connecting opening intersects an obstacle of the safety electrical assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics France SAS
    Inventors: Yannick Villardier, Romain Villard
  • Patent number: 11611161
    Abstract: A tool for soldering an electrical conductor with a connection device includes a deformation unit plastically deforming the connection device around the electrical conductor. The deformation unit has a fixed deformation module and a movable deformation module that is movable with respect to the fixed deformation module. The fixed deformation module has an anvil with an electrical contact area on which the electrical conductor and the connection device are disposed. An electric current circulates through the electrical conductor and the connection device by passing through an electrically conductive first part of the anvil that is electrically insulated from a rest of the anvil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics France SAS
    Inventor: Alain Bednarek
  • Publication number: 20230055994
    Abstract: A crimp terminal includes a crimping segment having a base, a first side wall extending from the base, and a second side wall extending from the base opposite the first side wall. The crimping segment has a first surface adapted for arranging a wire thereon along a longitudinal axis and a second surface opposite the first surface. The first side wall has a first serration on the second surface. The second side wall has a pair of second serrations on the second surface. The first serration is displaced from the second serrations along the longitudinal axis and, in a crimped state, a portion of the first serration is positioned between a pair of portions of the second serrations along the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicants: Tyco Electronics France SAS, TE Connectivity India Private Limited
    Inventors: Xavier Rouillard, Joseph Daher, Sundareshan M D
  • Publication number: 20230009516
    Abstract: A sealed cable feedthrough of a plug connector includes a housing having an opening receiving a cable, a cover partially covering the opening, the cover having a through hole receiving the cable along an insertion direction, and a seal member sealing an interface between the housing and the cover. The seal member has a tubular member with a through hole receiving the cable along the insertion direction. The tubular member is arranged within the through hole of the cover and extends along a direction parallel to the insertion direction. The tubular member seals an interface between the cover and the cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2022
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics France SAS
    Inventors: Eric Chatelus, Bruno Dupont, Olivier Pamart, Stephane Gallerand
  • Patent number: 11509093
    Abstract: A connector assembly device includes a connector element and a connector position assurance (CPA) device mounted to move relative to the connector element between a delivery position and a locking position. The connector element includes a first locking device and a second locking device. The CPA device includes a locking lance that has an associated first locking device configured to implement a first form-fitting connection with the first locking device of the connector element and an associated second locking device configured to implement a second form-fitting connection with the second locking device of the connector element in the locking position. The form-fitting connections prevent any movement of the CPA device in a direction from the locking position towards the delivery position and take place in different planes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics France SAS
    Inventors: Hyunji Yuk, Xavier Rouillard, Carlos Salgado