Patents Assigned to Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
  • CONNECTOR AND CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20190109401
    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: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventor: Tomokazu Yamane
  • Board Mounting Terminal
    Publication number: 20190089076
    Abstract: A board mounting terminal of a type inserted into a through-hole of a circuit board and capable of being reliably reflow-soldered. The board mounting terminal has a recessed groove extending in a direction of extension of the board mounting terminal. This recessed groove has an area of a recess of the recessed groove in a cross-section extending in a direction transverse to the direction of extension of the board mounting terminal that decreases as the distance from a tip portion of the board mounting terminal, oriented in a direction of insertion of the board mounting terminal, increases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventor: Toshiaki Hayashi
  • Connector and Connector Assembly
    Publication number: 20190081438
    Abstract: A plug connector is detachably matable with a cap connector. The plug connector includes a lever performing mating with and unmating from the cap connector. The lever includes a cam groove for receiving a first boss of the cap connector, a boss rotation hole for receiving a second boss of an outer housing of the plug connector, and a catching protrusion sliding hole for receiving a catching protrusion of an inner housing of the plug connector. A first turning operation of the lever during unmating from a fully mated state extracts an interlock busbar of the plug connector from the cap connector to remove a short circuit of first conducting wires of the cap connector. A second turning operation of the lever during unmating moves a releasing protrusion into a clip spring of the plug connector to open the clip spring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventors: Tomokazu Yamane, Seiji Komatsu
  • Shielded Connector
    Publication number: 20190067882
    Abstract: A shielded connector comprises an inner housing accommodating a contact and a shield shell surrounding the inner housing. The inner housing has a catch protrusion. The shield shell has a shell main body formed with an opening extending through the shield shell and a cover tab supported by the shell main body. The catch protrusion is inserted from an inside of the shield shell into the opening and the cover tab covers the opening while being set back from the catch protrusion toward an outside of the shield shell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventors: Tadashi Kumamoto, Kazuhiro Mizukami
  • Connector and connector assembly having elastically deformed springs
    Patent number: 10218118
    Abstract: A connector assembly that includes a first connector and a second connector. The first connector has a spring member press-fitted into a housing thereof. The second connector has a groove in a housing thereof. At the time of mating, the spring member is inserted in the groove in a mating direction to be deformed elastically in a direction intersecting the mating direction. Then, with the spring member of the first connector elastically deformed in the groove of the second connector, looseness between the housing of the first connector and the housing of the second connector is prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignees: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yusuke Mito, Hiroshi Kobayashi
  • Electrical connector assembly having a waterproofing provision without a seal ring
    Patent number: 10211615
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly comprises a first connector and a second connector. The first connector has a hood defining a mating opening. The second connector has a housing body configured to be received in the hood, a rear end wall formed continuous with the housing body and projecting outward from the housing body in a circumferential direction, a lock arm configured to prevent disengagement of the first connector and the second connector, and a cover disposed at the rear end wall covering a portion of the lock arm. A front end surface of the rear end wall facing the second connector forms a uniformly continuous flat surface in a region including the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignees: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tsugumi Matsumoto, Ryuichi Komiyama, Tomoyuki Funayama
  • Antenna
    Patent number: 10199724
    Abstract: An in-vehicle antenna is disclosed. The in-vehicle antenna is configured to be installed with an installation counterpart having a ground surface. The in-vehicle antenna has an element part, a ground part integrally connected to the element part, and a clamping part configured to clamp the installation counterpart together with the ground part with elastic force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignees: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K., Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuo Saitou, Tohru Yamamoto, Takeshi Akitaya
  • Connector
    Patent number: 10199768
    Abstract: A connector comprises a housing and a lock connected to the housing. The lock has a base extending in a mating direction, a bend extending continuously from a rear end of the base in the mating direction and formed in a U-shape, and a press-fitting protrusion extending from an end of the bend opposite the base. The bend has a bend face facing in the mating direction and is separated from the housing by a bend gap. The press-fitting protrusion is press-fitted in the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventor: Taisuke Nagasaki
  • Connector assembly and connector
    Patent number: 10193254
    Abstract: A connector assembly is provided with a first connector and a second connector. The first connector includes a housing and a lock spring arranged at an end portion of the housing. The lock spring includes a pair of arms extending parallel to a planar side of the housing. The second connector includes a catch to engage the lock spring by flexing the pair of arms away each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Katano, Hiroshi Shirai, Takeshi Kimura, Akira Kubo
  • Shielding structure for a contact module
    Patent number: 10186810
    Abstract: A contact module includes a dielectric holder having right and left sides holding signal contacts. A shield structure is coupled to the dielectric holder providing electrical shielding for the signal contacts. The shield structure has a first ground shield provided at the right side of the dielectric holder and a second ground shield provided at the left side of the dielectric holder. The first and second ground shields are electrically connected together between corresponding pairs of the signal contacts and providing electrical shielding between corresponding signal contacts along a majority of a length of the transition portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignees: TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION, TYCO ELECTRONICS JAPAN G.K.
    Inventors: Chad William Morgan, John Joseph Consoli, Yoshihiko Kodaira, Hiroshi Shirai, Masayuki Aizawa
  • ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20190006786
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly comprises a first connector including a first housing having a mating opening, a second connector including a second housing configured to be mated with the mating opening of the first connector, and a drainage structure provided on and corresponding to a boundary portion between the first housing and the second housing. The boundary portion faces the mating opening. The drainage structure includes a convex region having a top at the boundary portion, a first concave region continuous with the convex region and formed in the first housing, and a second concave region continuous with the convex region and formed in the second housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicants: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tsugumi Matsumoto, Katsuhiro Kato, Tomoyuki Funayama
  • PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD
    Publication number: 20190008034
    Abstract: A printed circuit board comprises a board main body, a sensor, an external connection pad, and a hollow-structured electrical conductor. The board main body has a top face and a bottom face opposite the top face. The sensor is mounted on one of the top face and the bottom face of the board main body. The external connection pad is provided on the top face or the bottom face of the board main body opposite the sensor. The hollow-structured electrical conductor extends through the board main body and electrically connects the sensor to the external connection pad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventors: Kenta Sato, Heewon Jeong
  • Antenna
    Patent number: 10141639
    Abstract: An antenna is disclosed. The antenna has an electrical cable, an antenna body including an element part and a ground part, the element part having an electric wire connecting part electrically connected with the electrical cable, and an antenna holder having an antenna holding part connected to the antenna body and a cable holding part holding the electrical cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignees: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K., Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuo Saitou, Masahiro Ooshiro, Tohru Yamamoto, Takeshi Akitaya
  • Waterproof connector
    Patent number: 10141681
    Abstract: A waterproof connector comprises a housing, a waterproof member, and a lever. The waterproof member surrounds and contacts a sidewall of the housing over an entire circumference of the sidewall. The lever is movable between an unmated position and a mated position. In the mated position of the lever, the lever and the housing together cover the waterproof member over an entire circumference of the waterproof member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventor: Yoshihiko Shindo
  • Ground shield for a contact module
    Patent number: 10128619
    Abstract: A contact module includes a dielectric holder holding signal contacts and guard traces. The guard traces are electrically commoned and provide electrical shielding between the corresponding signal contacts. A ground shield is coupled to a first side of the dielectric holder and provides electrical shielding for the signal contacts. The ground shield is electrically connected to each guard trace and has a plurality of rails. Each rail has side strips aligned with the signal contacts and connecting strips extending inward from a first edge of the side strip into the dielectric holder to directly engage the corresponding guard traces. The rails are generally L-shaped defined by the side strips and corresponding connecting strips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignees: TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION, TYCO ELECTRONICS JAPAN G.K.
    Inventors: Chad William Morgan, John Joseph Consoli, Masaaki Iwasaki, Justin Dennis Pickel, Masayuki Aizawa
  • Connector Housing
    Publication number: 20180323533
    Abstract: A connector housing comprises a mating portion including a plurality of mating hoods that are arranged in a width direction on a front side of the connector housing that is configured to be mated with a mating connector and a rear structure portion disposed posterior to the mating portion. The rear structure portion includes a plurality of structure parts each disposed between two mating hoods adjacent to each other of the plurality of mating hoods and a plurality of notches each disposed between two structure parts adjacent to each other of the plurality of structure parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicants: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yusuke Mito, Takayuki Naito, Akinobu Murakami
  • Motor and female connector
    Patent number: 10110086
    Abstract: A motor is provided with a circuit board that is connected to a coil of a stator. A male connection portion is formed in part of the outer periphery of the circuit board. A casing accommodates the circuit board. The male connection portion is exposed to the outside from an opening formed in the casing. A female connector is connected to a cable and is able to engage with the male connection portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventors: Shinji Yamada, Yusuke Okada
  • Electrical Connector
    Publication number: 20180301823
    Abstract: An electrical connector comprises a contact, an electric wire connection spring connecting an electric wire to the contact, and a housing. The housing includes a contact accommodating portion receiving the contact, a mechanism accommodating portion receiving the electric wire connection spring, and a lock arm supported on the contact accommodating portion in front of the mechanism accommodating portion and configured to catch a mating connector. The mechanism accommodating portion has a front opening disposed between a rear end portion of the lock arm and the electric wire connection spring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventor: Kazuya Riku
  • Electrical connector housing
    Patent number: D839192
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventor: Hiromichi Yoshino
  • Electrical connector
    Patent number: D841587
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventors: Keita Terajima, Masaaki Harasawa