Patents Assigned to Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
  • Patent number: 11677184
    Abstract: A connector configured to be fitted with a mating connector includes a main housing, a sub-housing supported on the main housing to be slidable in a fitting direction with respect to the main housing in which the connector is fitted with the mating connector, and an operating member pivotably and slidably supported on the main housing. The main housing moves closer to the mating connector when the operating member is pivoted from a first posture to a second posture. The sub-housing moves in the fitting direction when the operating member slides from the second posture in a direction different from the fitting direction. The sub-housing has an erroneous fitting prevention part abutting against the mating connector in a state of incomplete fitting of the connector with the mating connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignees: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomokazu Yamane, Seiji Komatsu, Ryutaro Tokitsu, Kensuke Matsuo
  • Publication number: 20230178919
    Abstract: A contact assembly includes a plurality of contacts serving as a socket in a laminated state and a spring. The contacts each have a mating portion forming the socket and a caught portion caught on a caught portion of another one of the contacts in a lamination direction of the contacts. At least two of the contacts adjacent to each other in the lamination direction have electrical continuity with each other via the spring that is compressible in the lamination direction between the caught portion of each of the contacts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventors: Yuki Tsutsui, Junto Hoshiba
  • Patent number: 11664619
    Abstract: An interposer includes a housing having a plurality of through-holes penetrating a first surface and a second surface and a signal contact pair composed of a pair of signal contacts. Each of the signal contacts includes a base portion press-fitted in one of the through-holes, a first contact beam extending from the base portion beyond the first surface, and a second contact beam extending from the base portion beyond the second surface. The pair of signal contacts are positioned adjacently to each other widthwise and are each asymmetrical with respect to a width direction. The signal contact pair has a plane-symmetrical shape with respect to the width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventors: Shinichi Hashimoto, Hiroshi Shirai, Masayuki Aizawa
  • Patent number: 11664615
    Abstract: A circuit board includes a terminal area projecting from an end face of the circuit board. The terminal area is flush with a front side and a back side of the circuit board and has a thickness equal to the circuit board. The terminal area has a plurality of sides covered with an electrically conductive material, the sides including a first surface flush with a front side of the circuit board, a second surface flush with a back side of the circuit board, and a pair of side surfaces that intersect the first surface and the second surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventors: Yohei Sakurai, Daisuke Dobashi
  • Publication number: 20230142379
    Abstract: A connector includes a housing having an accommodation space with an opening on a front surface facing a mating connector side and a rear surface facing away from the mating connector side, an outer shell covering the housing including the rear surface of the housing, a contact accommodated in the accommodation space, and an inner shell positioned in the accommodation space and covering the contact. A spring portion that elastically presses the inner shell forward is provided between a portion of the outer shell along the rear surface of the housing and the inner shell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Mizukami
  • Publication number: 20230143326
    Abstract: An electric connector unit comprises a connector and a cable connected thereto. The connector includes a terminal housing having an opening, and a shell attached to the terminal housing and having a shield fixation portion inserted into the opening. The cable comprises an inner cable bundle having a plurality of inner cables, and a cable shield surrounding the inner cable bundle. At least a portion of the cable shield is inserted into the opening and electrically connected to the shield fixation portion within the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Yamasaki, Chiyin Li
  • Publication number: 20230142831
    Abstract: A linear motor connector system comprises a first linear motor, a second linear motor, and a first connector. The first connector includes a first plug holder electrically connected to the first linear motor and positioned in a recessed portion formed on an exterior face of a connecting portion of the first linear motor. The first connector further includes a first tab holder electrically connected to the second linear motor. The first tab holder is positioned in a recessed portion formed on an exterior face of a connecting portion of the second linear motor and faces the first plug holder along a direction of connection of the linear motors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventor: Masaaki Saito
  • Patent number: 11646518
    Abstract: A connector comprises a housing and a plurality of contacts retained in the housing. Each of the contacts extends in a longitudinal direction and has a retained portion, a contacting portion disposed in front of the retained portion in the longitudinal direction, and a connecting portion disposed behind the retained portion in the longitudinal direction. Each of the contacting portion and the connecting portion are shifted with respect to the retained portion in a vertical direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. The housing is in contact with the retained portion of each of the contacts from both above and below in the vertical direction and from both right and left in a lateral direction perpendicular to the vertical direction and the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventors: Junya Tsuji, Katsuhiko Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20230102245
    Abstract: A socket includes a housing and a plurality of contacts. The housing has a bottom plate with a first face and a second face that are parallel to each other. Contact supporting holes penetrate the first face and the second face. The housing has a frame body disposed upright on an edge of the first face and extending along the edge. The contacts are disposed in the contact supporting holes and supported by the bottom plate in a state in which the contacts protrude from both the first face and the second face. The contacts include a first contact having a first base inserted into one of the contact supporting holes, a first contact portion having a pair of first protrusions protruding from one edge of the first base, and a second contact portion having a pair of second protrusions protruding from another edge of the first base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventors: Masayuki Aizawa, Naoki Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20230080167
    Abstract: A socket includes a housing with a bottom plate portion and a frame body portion standing at edges of the bottom plate portion and extending along the edges. The frame body portion serves as a locator in an in-plane direction of the bottom plate portion in mounting an electronic component. The bottom plate portion and the frame body portion are integrally molded into the housing. The socket includes a plurality of contacts supported by the bottom plate portion. The socket includes a spring member including a supported portion supported by a first side of the frame body portion and a spring portion that elastically deforms by being pushed by the electronic component, pressing the electronic component against a second side opposite to the first side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventors: Naoki Hashimoto, Masashi Inoue
  • Patent number: 11602049
    Abstract: A circuit board includes a protective film of such a type that a mating contact slides on the protective film and rides over a pad, and is prevented from deteriorating due to attachment and detachment. A circuit board 10 includes a plate-shaped base body 40, a pad 20 formed on a surface of the base body 40 and responsible for electrical contact with a mating contact, and a protective film 30 that spreads on the surface of the base body 40 in contact with an edge of the pad 20. The edge of the pad 20 and a portion, which contacts the edge of the pad 20, of the protective film 30 respectively have heights consecutive to each other. The pad 20 contacts, by causing the mating contact that has slid in a sliding direction in contact with the protective film 30 to ride over the pad 20, the mating contact that has ridden over the pad 20.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: TYCO ELECTRONICS JAPAN G.K.
    Inventors: Makiya Kimura, Satoshi Yamaga, Yohichi Sasaki
  • Patent number: 11594788
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an electric connection assembly having a support and a connector; the support comprises a support body; the support body is provided with a mounting groove and a limiting protrusion; at least part of the connector is arranged within the mounting groove; and the limiting protrusion can cooperate with the connector so as to prevent the connector from withdrawing from the mounting groove. Compared with the prior art, the electric connection assembly is simple in overall structure and convenient to assemble. In the electric connection assembly, the stability of the integral assembly of the connector and the support can be enhanced by arranging the corresponding limiting protrusions on the support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignees: TYCO ELECTRONICS (SHANGHAI) CO. LTD., TYCO ELECTRONICS JAPAN G.K.
    Inventors: Litao Dong, Ziwei Li, Haifeng Liu
  • 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
  • Patent number: 11588212
    Abstract: Disclosed are a connection assembly for a battery module and a battery module. The connection assembly for a battery module has a housing, a first cover plate and a second cover plate, wherein the housing has a body and a protrusion extending continuously from the body; the first cover plate covers the body; the second cover plate is arranged to be integrated with the first cover plate; the second cover plate is configured to be movable relative to the first cover plate so as to be switched between a closed position and an open position; in the closed position, the second cover plate covers the protrusion; and in the open position, the second cover plate is detached from the protrusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignees: SANYO ELECTRICS CO., LTD., TYCO ELECTRONICS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD., TYCO ELECTRONICS JAPAN G.K.
    Inventors: Haifeng Liu, Litao Dong, Mitsuo Akiyama, Ziwei Li, Sadamichi Suso
  • Patent number: 11536695
    Abstract: A concentration measuring instrument includes a piezoelectric vibrator transmitting an ultrasonic wave into a solution contained in a cavity and detecting the ultrasonic wave reflected, a temperature sensor measuring a temperature of the solution, a drive circuit generating a drive signal driving the piezoelectric vibrator, a phase comparator performing a phase comparison between the drive signal and a detection signal, a frequency setting circuit making the drive circuit generate drive signals having sequentially different frequencies and monitoring a phase comparison result to detect a resonant frequency, and a Phase Locked Loop (PLL) circuit making a frequency of the drive signal follow the detected resonant frequency. A microcomputer determines a concentration of a solute in the solution on a basis of the frequency of the drive signal while the PLL circuit is being operated and a result of a temperature measurement by the temperature sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Tanaka, Heewon Jeong, Kazuo Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 11539168
    Abstract: A connector includes a housing and a connector position assurance device positioned in a temporary caught position on the housing when the connector is not mated with a mating connector. The connector position assurance device is allowed to slide to a caught position in front of the temporary caught position in a mating direction when the connector is completely mated with the mating connector. The connector position assurance device assures that the connectors are completely mated in the caught position. The connector position assurance device has a pressed-back portion abutted by the mating connector during mating and pressed back relative to the housing if the connector position assurance device is positioned in the caught position when the connector starts to mate with the mating connector, positioning the connector position assurance device in the temporary caught position at a complete mating of the connector with the mating connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventor: Katsumi Shiga
  • Publication number: 20220384993
    Abstract: A lever type connector includes a lever pivotally rotatable toward a mating connector. The lever performs both preliminary catching onto the mating connector and full catching onto the mating connector after the preliminary catching.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventor: Shingo Iwatani
  • Publication number: 20220376432
    Abstract: The sealing element of the waterproof connector has a shape in which a family seal portion that waterproofs the peripheries of electric wires which are sandwiched between an inner housing and an outer housing 40, and which are not illustrated, and a seal ring portion that performs waterproofing between the seal ring portion and a mating housing are integrated. The standing board portions of the inner housing penetrate the long openings of the sealing element, and the portion to be caught of the outer housing is caught by catch protrusion portions that are formed in upper portions of the standing board portions and each have a hook shape, whereby the inner housing and the outer housing are assembled in a state in which the family seal portion of the sealing element is sandwiched between the inner housing and the outer housing. The mating housing comes into contact with the third waterproof portion of the sealing element, which acts as the seal ring portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventor: Tetsuro Akiguchi
  • Publication number: 20220377891
    Abstract: A circuit board assembly includes a first circuit board, a second circuit board having a first side extending adjacent to a first side of the first circuit board, and a metal fitting including a portion bent at the angle and spanning both the first side of the first circuit board and the first side of the second circuit board. The second circuit board is in a posture having an angle other than 180° to the first circuit board. The metal fitting is fixed to both the first circuit board and the second circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventors: Daisuke Dobashi, Takeshi Kimura
  • Publication number: 20220376427
    Abstract: A connector includes an outer housing, a wire cover assembled to the outer housing, a first press-fit engaging portion that engages the outer housing and the wire cover with each other by clamping in a first clamping direction, and a second press-fit engaging portion that engages the outer housing and the wire cover with each other by clamping in a second clamping direction. The second clamping direction intersects the first clamping direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventor: Keisuke Toyoda