Patents Assigned to Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
  • Optical-Electrical Complex Connector
    Publication number: 20190271811
    Abstract: An optical-electrical hybrid connector comprises an electrical terminating portion of each of a pair of electrical wires for differential signal transmission and an optical terminating portion of an optical fiber for optical signal transmission. The optical terminating portion is covered with a ferrule made of an electrically conductive material. The optical terminating portion is arranged in a position separated from the electrical terminating portion of each of the electrical wires by a distance producing an impedance matched with an impedance of a portion of each of the electrical wires connected to the electrical terminating portions and extending outside of the optical-electrical hybrid connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventors: Shoji Kawashima, Shigeru Kobayashi
  • Connector and connector assembly
    Patent number: 10389064
    Abstract: A connector comprises a first housing, a cam member, and an operation lever. The first housing has a mating portion configured to mate with a second housing of a second connector. The cam member has a cam groove configured to mate with a cam pin provided on the second housing. The cam member causes the second housing to mate with the first housing by sliding in a lateral direction intersecting with a direction of mating to draw the cam pin into the cam groove. The operation lever slides the cam member according to a turning operation. A nipping portion of the connector nips the cam pin in the cam groove when the cam member slides up to a mating completion position at which mating of the second housing with the first housing is completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventor: Yusuke Mito
  • Electrical connector with a separate releasing operation portion attached to the lock arm main body
    Patent number: 10389043
    Abstract: An electrical connector comprises a contact, a housing retaining the contact, and a lock arm configured to catch a mating connector. The lock arm has an arm main body integrally formed with the housing and a releasing operation portion formed separately from the housing and attached to the arm main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventor: Kazuya Riku
  • Female contact and mating structure of contacts
    Patent number: 10381765
    Abstract: A female contact and a mating structure in which the female contact mates with a male contact. The female contact has first and second elastic arms that are connected together. The first elastic arm has a first dummy contact point and a first actual contact point rearward of the first dummy contact point and has a smaller protrusion than the first dummy contact point. The second elastic arm has a second dummy contact point and a second actual contact point rearward of the second dummy contact point and has a smaller protrusion amount than the second dummy contact point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignees: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Daiji Hotta, Seiji Komatsu, Masahiro Imanishi
  • Seal member and electrical connector
    Patent number: 10367292
    Abstract: A seal member for an electrical connector comprises a housing seal portion, a shell seal portion, and a linkage portion integrally formed with the housing seal portion and the shell seal portion and connecting the housing seal portion and the shell seal portion. The housing seal portion is configured to be pressed between a connector housing of the electrical connector and a mating housing mated to the connector housing in a mating direction. The shell seal portion is configured to be pressed between the connector housing and a shell enclosing the connector housing. The linkage portion is configured to be pressed between an end portion of the mating housing and a support portion of the connector housing in the mating direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventors: Sumiyoshi Furuya, Shinji Amemiya, Fumito Nagashima
  • External antenna and method for manufacturing the same
    Patent number: 10361486
    Abstract: An external antenna is disclosed. The external antenna has a coaxial conductor assembly, a flexible circuit board, a passive element, and a support tube. The coaxial conductor assembly has a coaxial cable including an external conductor and an internal conductor insulated from the external conductor. The flexible circuit board is connected with the coaxial conductor assembly. The passive element is attached to the flexible circuit board and electrically connected to the external conductor and the internal conductor. The external conductor, the internal conductor, the flexible circuit board, and the passive element form an antenna loop. The flexible circuit board is wound around the support tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignees: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K., Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Jianlin Huang, Yoshinao Takada, Jlan Yu
  • Connector Assembly
    Publication number: 20190214768
    Abstract: A connector assembly comprises a first connector and a second connector matable with the first connector in a mating direction. The first connector includes a housing and a slider held by the housing and slidable with respect to the housing in a direction intersecting the mating direction. The slider has a slider backlash restraining device disposed on an inner wall. The slider slides in a first direction to cause the second connector to move in the mating direction and slides in a second direction opposite to the first direction to cause the second connector to move in a direction opposite to the mating direction. The second connector has a connector backlash restraining device disposed on an outer wall of the second connector. The slider backlash restraining device abuts the connector backlash restraining device when the first connector is mated with the second connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Applicants: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K., Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidetaka Homme, Koji Inose, Motoki Harada, Yuichi Takeda, Tadashi Niino
  • Socket connector for an electronic package
    Patent number: 10348015
    Abstract: A socket connector includes a socket substrate having first socket substrate conductors and second socket substrate conductors, receptacle contacts electrically coupled to corresponding first socket substrate conductors and socket contacts electrically coupled to corresponding second socket substrate conductors. The receptacle contacts have receptacles receiving pin contacts of an electronic package and the socket contacts have terminating ends and mating ends with deflectable spring beams terminated to package contacts of the electronic package. At least one of the first socket substrate conductors and the second socket substrate conductors are configured to electrically connect the electronic package with the host circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignees: TE Connectivity Corporation, Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventors: Jeffery Walter Mason, Takeshi Nakashima, Naoki Hashimoto, Shigeru Aihara
  • Connector Assembly
    Publication number: 20190190187
    Abstract: A connector assembly comprises a first subassembly having a male contact and a first inner housing accommodating the male contact, a second subassembly having a female contact configured to be mated with the male contact and a second inner housing accommodating the female contact, a first connector, and a second connector matable with the first connector. The first connector has a first outer housing accommodating one of the first subassembly and the second subassembly and capable of accommodating both the first subassembly and the second subassembly. The second connector has a second outer housing accommodating the other of the first subassembly and the second subassembly and capable of accommodating both the first subassembly and the second subassembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventors: Takeki Fukazawa, Takafumi Kubo
  • Connector assembly for a battery system
    Patent number: 10326181
    Abstract: A connector assembly for voltage monitoring battery cells of a battery module includes a connector having a plurality of terminals and a wire assembly extending from the connector along a wire axis. The wire assembly has a plurality of wires extending between a terminal end and a buss bar end. The terminal end is terminated to a corresponding terminal. The buss bar end is configured to be terminated to a voltage sensor associated with a corresponding buss bar of the battery module. The buss bar end is folded over such that the buss bar end extends at a transverse angle relative to the wire axis. The buss bar ends are staggered along the wire axis at different depths from the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignees: TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION, TYCO ELECTRONICS JAPAN G.K.
    Inventors: Weiping Zhao, Haifeng Liu
  • Contact
    Patent number: 10317290
    Abstract: A contact preventing a plurality of current paths joining together and having a contact main body having a wire fixing portion and a contacting member which is a member formed separately from the contact main body is provided. The contact has a contact main body having a wire fixing portion to which a wire is fixed and a contacting member formed separately from the contact main body and configured to be connected to the wire and contact with a mating contact. A portion of the contact main body, contacting with the contacting member has an insulation layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventors: Keita Terajima, Eiichiro Takemasa, Akira Torigoe
  • Connector
    Publication number: 20190173212
    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: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventors: Junya Tsuji, Katsuhiko Kobayashi
  • Connector
    Publication number: 20190173219
    Abstract: A connector comprises a terminal member, an elastic member, and a housing having a cavity receiving the terminal member and the elastic member. The terminal member has a contacting face and a back face opposite to the contacting face. The contacting face has a serration region with a serration formed thereon and adapted to contact an electrical wire. The elastic member is adapted to press a pressed region of the back face opposite to the serration region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventor: Ken Sakai
  • Method for manufacturing detecting sensor
    Patent number: 10307947
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a detecting sensor is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: positioning a magnet in a mold having a plurality of terminal receiving holes; positioning in the mold a plurality of magnetic field detecting sensor elements, each having a body and a terminal projecting from body; inserting the terminals into the terminal receiving holes; injecting molten resin into the mold; and curing the molten resin to form a housing having the magnet and the sensor elements embedded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignees: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K., Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayuki Minematsu, Takanori Nakai, Nobutaka Fukamizu, Kyoji Kitajima
  • Cap
    Publication number: 20190165514
    Abstract: A cap for attachment to a fastener comprises a securing base removably supported on a neck portion of the fastener, a hinge portion connected to the securing base, and a covering portion connected to the hinge portion. The securing base has a plurality of elastic beams defining a head portion passageway receiving a head portion of the fastener. The neck portion has a smaller diameter than a largest diameter of the head portion. The elastic beams are elastically deformed by the head portion during passage of the head portion through the head portion passageway. The covering portion is movable between an open position exposing the head portion and a covering position covering the head portion and overlapping with the securing base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventors: Hiroki Kondo, Fumito Nagashima, Jyo Naito, Yosuke Tanaka
  • Connector
    Publication number: 20190165506
    Abstract: A connector comprises a daughterboard and a metallic shell. The daughterboard has a first edge with first connection pads and a second edge with second connection pads. The first edge is inserted into an on-board connector including first contacts. The on-board connector is mounted on a motherboard and each of the first connection pads is connected to one of the first contacts. The metallic shell has side plates each facing and extending along one of a front board face and a back board face of the daughterboard. Each of the side plates has a base spaced apart from the front board face or the back board face and a retaining portion protruding inward from the base. The retaining portion retains the front board face or a back board face of the daughterboard and has an opening formed around the retaining portion extending through the metallic shell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventors: Tatsuki Watanabe, Katsuhiko Kobayashi
  • Connector and connector assembly
    Patent number: 10297945
    Abstract: A connector comprises an interlock busbar adapted to be inserted into an interlock connector and short-circuit a pair of first conducting wires of a mating connector, a clip busbar adapted to pinch and short-circuit a pair of terminals of the mating connector, a housing, a lever, and a slider supported on the housing and slidable between an unmating position and a mating position. The lever removes the short circuit of the pair of first conducting wires by pulling out the interlock busbar from the interlock connector according to a first-half turning operation. The slider at the mating position blocks a second-half turning operation by interfering with the lever at an end of the first-half turning operation of the lever, and allows the second-half turning operation of the lever after a sliding operation of the slider to the unmating position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventor: Tomokazu Yamane
  • Electrical connector and electrical connector assembly
    Patent number: 10283948
    Abstract: An electrical connector comprises a housing having a water stop groove and a region disposed between an end of the housing and the water stop groove. The water stop groove extends along a circumferential direction of the housing orthogonal to a mating direction of the electrical connector. The water stop groove is dimensioned to allow a surface tension to act on a quantity of water accumulated in the region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignees: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tsugumi Matsumoto, Ryuichi Komiyama, Tomoyuki Funayama
  • Interposer Assembly
    Publication number: 20190123013
    Abstract: An interposer assembly having a housing with contact positioning holes each having a first wall face and a second wall face. The interposer contact has a base portion with shoulder portions and contact arm portions. The base portion is closer to the first wall face. The contact arm portions are once bulged from both respective vertical ends of the base portion toward the first wall face and then curved toward the second wall face. The housing has a retaining protrusion and a pair of slit portions. The retaining protrusion retains the interposer contact inside the contact positioning hole. Each of the shoulder portions is inserted into the slit portion. The slit portion blocks the interposer contact from moving toward the second wall face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventor: Shinichi Hashimoto
  • Electrical connector housing
    Patent number: D856932
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventor: Hiromichi Yoshino