Patents Assigned to Tyco Electronics Holdings (Bermuda) No. 7 Limited
  • Publication number: 20240429659
    Abstract: A grounding member includes a plurality of contact terminals arranged in a row, a first connection strip connected to a first end of each of the contact terminals, and a second connection strip connected to a second end of each of the contact terminals. Each of the contact terminals has an elastic contact part electrically contacting one of a plurality of grounding terminals of a connector. The grounding member is an integral stamped component that interconnects the grounding terminals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2024
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Applicants: Tyco Electronics Holdings (Bermuda) No. 7 Limited, Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hengkang Wu, Xinjie (David) Zhang, Ching Hsiang Chang
  • Publication number: 20240396266
    Abstract: A connector includes a housing, a row of terminals disposed in the housing, and a grounding member having a flat body extending across the row of terminals. The row of terminals has a pair of signal terminals and a pair of grounding terminals located on opposite sides of the pair of the signal terminals. The flat body at least partially covers the pair of signal terminals. The grounding member has a plurality of grounding arms extending from a plane of the flat body. Each of the grounding arms abuts against one of the grounding terminals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2024
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Applicants: Tyco Electronics Holdings (Bermuda) No. 7 Limited, Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hengkang Wu, Zhaohai (Tim) Xue, Xinjie (David) Zhang, Ching Hsiang Chang
  • Publication number: 20240283198
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a housing, first and second rows of terminals arranged in the housing, and a ground shield assembly. The first and second rows of terminals are separated from each other and adapted to electrically connect with corresponding terminals of a mated electrical connector. The first and second rows of terminals each include a ground terminal connected to a ground layer of a circuit board and a signal terminal connected to a signal lead wire of the circuit board. The ground shield assembly is positioned between the signal terminal of the first row of terminals and the signal terminal of the second row of terminals and is electrically connected to the ground layer. The ground shield assembly is in electrical contact with a corresponding ground terminal at at least one position of each of at least one ground terminal of the first and/or second row of terminals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Applicants: Tyco Electronics Holdings (Bermuda) No. 7 Limited, Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hengkang Wu, Xinjie (David) Zhang, Ching Hsiang Chang, Zhaohai (Tim) Xue
  • Publication number: 20240235121
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes a socket connector and a plug connector pluggably connected to the socket connector. The socket connector includes a first housing, a plurality of first signal contacts within the first housing, a plurality of first ground contacts within the first housing, and a first common ground member within the first housing. The first common ground member implements a common grounding of the first ground contacts. The plug connector includes a second housing, a plurality of second signal contacts in the second housing, a plurality of second ground contacts in the second housing, and a second common ground member in the second housing. The second common ground member implements a common grounding of the second ground contacts. The first common ground member and the second common ground member are in a detachable contact connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2024
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicants: Tyco Electronics Holdings (Bermuda) No. 7 Limited, Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhaohai (Tim) Xue, Huei-Shun (Calvin) Feng, Xinjie (David) Zhang, Yin (Erin) Xu, Kehao (Asroc) Chen
  • Publication number: 20240178620
    Abstract: An electrical connector comprises an outer housing, an insulating housing installed on the outer housing, a pair of terminal assemblies, and a shielding member. The terminal assemblies are installed in the insulating housing and are spaced apart from each other in a first direction to define an insertion space therebetween adapted to receive a connection terminal of a mating connector. Each terminal assembly includes a plurality of conductive terminals arranged in rows in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The plurality of conductive terminals of each terminal assembly include a signal terminal and a ground terminal. The shielding member is positioned at least partially between the two terminal assemblies in the first direction and includes a contact arm in electrical contact with the ground terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicants: Tyco Electronics Holdings (Bermuda) No. 7 Limited, Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Lizhou (Leo) Li, Xinjie (David) Zhang, Kehao (Asroc) Chen, Ching Hsiang Chang
  • Patent number: 11870172
    Abstract: A connector assembly comprises a connector including an insulating housing formed with a slot extending in a longitudinal direction and having at least one open end. A first circuit board is inserted into the slot and includes an electrical contact pad for electrically contacting a conductive terminal arranged within the slot, the electrical contact pad of the first circuit board extends in the longitudinal direction outside of the insulating housing of the connector via the open end of the slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignees: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Tyco Electronics Holdings (Bermuda) No. 7 Limited, TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH
    Inventors: Zhaohai (Tim) Xue, Ching-Lung Liu, Howard Andrews, Jr., Qianjin (Orando) Li
  • Publication number: 20230307876
    Abstract: An impedance matching structure for a high-speed connector includes a pair of ground leads, a differential pair of signal leads, a ground plane, a first region in which the ground leads and the differential pair of signal leads are coplanar within a first plane, and a second region in which the differential pair of signal leads lies on the first plane and the ground plane lies on a second plane extending along the first plane. The impedance matching structure has a transition region between the first region and the second region. The ground leads are connected to the ground plane in the transition region. An impedance matching projection is arranged in the transition region and projects from a side of the differential pair of signal leads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicants: TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH, TE Connectivity Belgium BV, Tyco Electronics Holdings (Bermuda) No. 7 Limited
    Inventors: Lieven Decrock, Michael Rosier, Josh Jiang
  • Patent number: 11715911
    Abstract: A contact assembly for an electrical connector signal contacts arranged in pairs and ground contacts are interspersed with the pairs of the signal contacts. Each signal contact includes a signal contact body having first and second sides extending between a signal mating end and a signal terminating end. Each ground contact includes a ground contact body having first and second sides extending between a ground mating end and a ground terminating end. The contact assembly includes a ground shield assembly including a ground shield spanning across the contacts and ground connective elements electrically connected to the ground shield and the corresponding ground contacts. The ground connective elements are compressible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignees: TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GmbH, TYCO ELECTRONICS HOLDINGS (BERMUDA) NO. 7 LIMITED
    Inventors: Michael Joseph Tryson, Michael John Phillips, Dustin Grant Rowe, Asroc Chen
  • Publication number: 20230053514
    Abstract: An antenna device includes a main circuit board, a first-type antenna ground-coupled to the main circuit board, and a second-type antenna ground-coupled to the main circuit board. The first-type antenna has a ground structure. The second-type antenna is spaced apart from the first-type antenna and an operating bandwidth of the second-type antenna is greater than an operating bandwidth of the first-type antenna.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicants: Tyco Electronics Holdings (Bermuda) No. 7 Limited, Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventors: Yu Ching (Jimmy) Lin, Sin-Hooi Cheah, Hiroaki Kikuchi, Kuei Hsu Hsiang
  • Publication number: 20230035520
    Abstract: A connector includes a housing having a cavity and a terminal assembly accommodated in the cavity and including a first terminal. The first terminal has a first mating portion, a first connecting portion, and a first mating beam extending from the first mating portion to the first connecting portion. The terminal assembly includes an inserting block usable with the first terminal and having an inserting block frame. The inserting block frame has a first passage and a preloading portion. The first passage allows the first mating beam to pass therethrough. The preloading portion supports the first mating beam and applies a pre-pressing force to the first mating beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicants: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., Tyco Electronics Holdings (Bermuda) No. 7 Limited
    Inventors: Jiwang (Arthur) Jin, WenYu (Vindy) Liu, Xingjie (Steven) Ge, Kuo-Wei Chang
  • Publication number: 20220037820
    Abstract: A connector assembly comprises a connector including an insulating housing formed with a slot extending in a longitudinal direction and having at least one open end. A first circuit board is inserted into the slot and includes an electrical contact pad for electrically contacting a conductive terminal arranged within the slot, the electrical contact pad of the first circuit board extends in the longitudinal direction outside of the insulating housing of the connector via the open end of the slot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicants: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., Tyco Electronics Holdings (Bermuda) No. 7 Limited, TE Connectivity Services GmbH
    Inventors: Zhaohai (Tim) Xue, Ching-Lung Liu, Howard Andrews, JR., Qianjin (Orando) Li
  • Patent number: 10218308
    Abstract: A photovoltaic junction box comprises a box body formed of a single integrally-molded part having a housing portion defining a receiving chamber and a packaging portion having a first packaging portion located inside the receiving chamber and a second packaging portion located outside the receiving chamber, a plurality of conductive terminals positioned along the box body and at least one diode chip disposed in a portion of the box body outside of the receiving chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignees: Tyco Electronics Holdings (Bermuda) No. 7 Limited, Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Shih Ying Ko, Yuan Zhong, Zhenhua Zhang
  • Patent number: 9813019
    Abstract: A photovoltaic connection box is disclosed. The photovoltaic connection box has a box, a conductive terminal received in the box and having a first lateral wall perpendicular to a bottom of the box, and a diode connected to the first lateral wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignees: Tyco Electronics Holdings (Bermuda) No. 7 Limited, Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuan Zhong, Ting Tao, Shih Ying Ko
  • Publication number: 20170040938
    Abstract: A photovoltaic junction box is disclosed. The photovoltaic junction box has a housing, a plurality of conduction terminals disposed in the housing, each conduction terminal having a positioning slot receiving and electrically connected to a bus bar of a solar panel, and a resilient member mounted on each conduction terminal pressing the bus bar against the conduction terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2016
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Applicants: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., Tyco Electronics Holdings (Bermuda) No. 7 Limited
    Inventors: Yuan Zhong, Ting Tao, Shih Ying Ko
  • Publication number: 20160181972
    Abstract: A photovoltaic connection box is disclosed. The photovoltaic connection box has a box, a conductive terminal received in the box and having a first lateral wall perpendicular to a bottom of the box, and a diode connected to the first lateral wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Applicants: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., Tyco Electronics Holdings (Bermuda) No. 7 Limited
    Inventors: Yuan Zhong, Ting Tao, Shih Ying Ko
  • Patent number: 9136636
    Abstract: A connector is provided that includes an insulation body and a plurality of contacts. The insulation includes a plurality of contact receiving grooves arranged in a row and the plurality of contacts are disposed in the plurality of contact receiving grooves. The plurality of contacts include a first group of contacts and a second group of contacts with a first pair of differential signal contacts and a second pair of differential signal contacts disposed at both sides of the first group of contacts, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignees: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., Tyco Electronics AMP Korea Ltd., Tyco Electronics Holdings (Bermuda) No. 7 Limited, Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventors: Shihao Zhang, Jung-Hoon Kim, Xiang Xu, Huei-Shun Feng, Wei Yao, Hiroshi Shirai, Cheng-Hsuan Yu
  • Patent number: 9105976
    Abstract: A linear radio frequency identification antenna is provided and includes an insulating material, a shielding material, and a conductive wire. The shielding material connects with the insulating material to form a closed body. The conductive wire is covered by the closed body such that the conductive wire, the insulating material, and the shielding material together form a linear-shaped body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Holdings (Bermuda) No. 7 Limited
    Inventors: Hsiang-Yaeh Wang, Yu-Ching Lin, Shuen-Fa Ju, Jiunn-Min Ju, Cheng-Nan Luo
  • Publication number: 20130273768
    Abstract: The invention is directed towards a connector with a guiding portion having a housing, a connecting interface having a plurality of conductive terminals, and a first guiding post disposed along the housing, whereby the first guiding post has a sloping guiding portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2013
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics Holdings (Bermuda) No., 7 Limited
    Inventor: Tyco Electronics Holdings ( Bermuda) No. 7 Limited
  • Patent number: 8444428
    Abstract: A card-edge connector is provided for securing and electrically connecting an electronic card to a circuit board. The card-edge connector includes an insulating housing a pair of arms, and a pair of card-latching members. The insulating housing includes a receiving wall defining a slot there within. Each arm extends from ends of the receiving wall. A supporting base is disposed on and extending along a first side of each arm, and a guiding rail disposed on a second side of each arm. Furthermore, a fastener receiving passageway is disposed on each of an upper surface and a lower surface of each of the pair of arms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Holding (Bermuda) No. 7 Limited
    Inventor: Chin Yu Chen
  • Patent number: D689022
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Holdings (Bermuda) No. 7 Limited
    Inventors: Yi Liang Shih, Hsueh Yu Chao