Patents Assigned to Tyco Electronics (SIP) Ltd.
  • Antenna, transmitting device, receiving device and wireless communication system
    Patent number: 11682839
    Abstract: An antenna includes a substrate, a first circular metal strip disposed on a first surface of the substrate, and a second circular metal strip disposed on a second surface of the substrate. The first circular metal strip has a first end used as a feed end and a second end connected to a first end of a radio frequency resistor. The second circular metal strip has a first end used as a grounding terminal and a second end connected to a second end of the radio frequency resistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shaoyong Wang, Yuming Song
  • Insulation displacement contact and insulation displacement contact assembly for high performance electrical connections
    Patent number: 11677169
    Abstract: An insulation displacement contact is for piercing through an insulation of a cable or wire in a cutting direction and electrically contacting an electrically conductive core of the cable or wire. The insulation displacement contact includes a contact body having a piercing section for piercing the insulation and a contact slot receiving the core of the cable or wire. The contact slot extends along the cutting direction from the piercing section into the contact body. The contact body has a pair of blades separated by the contact slot. The blades have a pair of attachment slots extending from the piercing section into the blades.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignees: TE Connectivity Nederland BV, Tyco Electronics UK Ltd.
    Inventors: Marco Zucca, Subhash Mungarwadi, Olaf Leijnse
  • Servo-driven Z-shape bending device for terminal
    Patent number: 11673176
    Abstract: A servo-driven Z-shape bending device includes a base, a Z-shape bending module disposed on the base, a servo-drive mechanism disposed on the base, and a terminal feeding mechanism disposed on the base. The Z-shape bending module is configured to perform a bending operation on a terminal to be bent to form a Z-shaped terminal. The servo-drive mechanism is configured to servo-drive the Z-shape bending module to perform the bending operation. The terminal feeding mechanism is configured to feed the terminal to be bent to the Z-shape bending module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignees: TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH, Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Kunshan Leagure Automechanism Co., Ltd., Tyco Electronics Polska Sp. z.o.o
    Inventors: Fengchun Xie, Jaroslaw Kowalski, Andrzej Przybylski, Dandan Zhang, Lvhai Hu, Yingcong Deng, Jian Cao, Radoslaw Mrozik, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu, Haidong Wu
  • Connector and connector assembly
    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
  • Contact Assembly
    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
  • Pallet Lifting Rack and Pallet Handling System
    Publication number: 20230166910
    Abstract: A pallet lifting rack includes a pair of lifting devices. Each of the lifting devices has a frame, a movable bracket mounted on the frame and movable in a vertical direction relative to the frame, a support member connected to the movable bracket, and a driving device driving the movable bracket and the support member to move along the vertical direction. The support members of the pair of lifting devices support a bottom surface of a pallet from a pair of sides of the pallet, so that the pallet is supported on the support members and movable to different height positions in the vertical direction by the support members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2022
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Applicants: TE Connectivity Services GmbH, Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xianghao (Jorge) Bao, Lei (Alex) Zhou, Dandan (Emily) Zhang, Rong Zhang, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu, Ming (Reuben) Ni, Lei (Leo) Yang
  • Interposer
    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
  • Electrical terminal, method for manufacturing elastic terminal, electrical connector and electronic device
    Patent number: 11664617
    Abstract: An elastic terminal includes a first base having an annular shape and a plurality of elastic sheets extending from the first base in an axial direction. A slit is formed between a pair of adjacent elastic sheets. The plurality of elastic sheets include a plurality of sets of elastic sheets, each elastic sheet of each set of elastic sheets has a plurality of electrical contact portions protruding inwardly radially. The electrical contact portions of one set of elastic sheets are arranged on a same circumference and the electrical contact portions of different sets of elastic sheets are staggered with respect to each other in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Hua Li, Guangming Zhao
  • Circuit board having terminal, and circuit board assembly
    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
  • Connector assembly
    Patent number: 11652311
    Abstract: A connector assembly includes a first connector and a second connector matable with the first connector. The first connector has a first housing and a pair of first conductive terminals disposed in the first housing each having a pair of first elastic terminals arranged symmetrically in a vertical direction. Each pair of first elastic terminals has a pair of front ends adapted to be brought into elastic and electrical contact with a pair of first wires inserted into the first connector. The second connector has a second housing and a pair of second conductive terminals disposed in the second housing each having a rear end adapted to be brought into elastic and electrical contact with a second wire inserted into the second connector. The pair of first elastic terminals each have a rear end adapted to clamp a front end of one of the second conductive terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wei Zhang, Ming Shi, Xiaozhi Fu, Dingbing Fan, Shuzhi Wang, Hongtao Jiang
  • Retention clip for a mechanical strain relief of a cable
    Patent number: 11652316
    Abstract: A retention clip providing mechanical strain relief of a cable in a connector comprises two curved spring sections each having a free end and a base, the two curved spring sections separated from each other at their respective free ends by a cable insertion gap. A center section of the retention cable extends from the base of one of the two curved spring sections to the base of the other one of the two curved spring sections and includes a cable insertion opening. The cable insertion gap and the cable insertion opening are aligned providing a through-opening extending through the retention clip in a cable insertion direction, and each of the free ends has at least one discontinuity in a direction along its edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignees: TE Connectivity Nederland BV, Tyco Electronics Austria GmbH
    Inventors: Freddy Jean Philip Dendas, Frank Rosenkranz
  • Connector For A Linear Motor
    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
  • Cable Supply System
    Publication number: 20230145849
    Abstract: A cable supply system includes a cable supply device supplying a cable, a cable buffer device storing a portion of the cable supplied from the cable supply device, and a control device controlling a cable storage amount of the cable buffer device. The control device controls the cable storage amount of the cable buffer device according to a cable supply speed of the cable supply device such that a cable output speed output from the cable buffer device is equal to a predetermined speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicants: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., TE Connectivity Services GmbH
    Inventors: An (Joshua) Yang, Lvhai (Samuel) Hu, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu
  • Connector
    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
  • Electric Connector Unit
    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
  • Connector with a contact retained in a housing
    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
  • Connector
    Publication number: 20230140195
    Abstract: A connector includes an insulation body having a first side surface and a second side surface adjacent with each other at a corner, a buckle protrusion on the first side surface, and a notch portion at the corner. The connector includes a conductive terminal partially pressed against the second side surface of the insulation body and an engagement member having a main body and a wing. The main body is disposed on the second side surface. The wing extends from the main body in a first direction in which the main body faces the second side surface. The wing has a buckle opening interference fitted with the buckle protrusion. The engagement member presses the conductive terminal partially against the second side surface and the notch portion is covered by a portion of the engagement member between the main body and the wing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Qianjin (Orando) Li, Xinquan (Jone) Ji, YuQiang (Thomas) Zhao
  • Connector
    Publication number: 20230131397
    Abstract: A connector includes a housing having a latch and a terminal mounted in the housing. The terminal has a locking hole with a locking hole front portion in a terminal insertion direction along which the terminal is inserted into the housing and a locking hole rear portion in the terminal insertion direction. A size of the locking hole front portion is larger than a size of the locking hole rear portion. The latch elastically protrudes into the locking hole to lock the terminal in the housing. The latch has a latch front portion in the terminal insertion direction and a latch rear portion in the terminal insertion direction. A size of the latch front portion is larger than a size of the latch rear portion. The size of the latch rear portion is smaller than the size of the locking hole front portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicants: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., TE Connectivity Services GmbH, TE Connectivity Italia Distribution S.r.l.
    Inventors: Yongjia (Winter) Wang, Liang Zhang, Subhash Maheshbabu, Federico Lupo, Hongbo (Daniel) Zhang
  • Product Inspection System
    Publication number: 20230132348
    Abstract: A product inspection system includes a separating device separating a pair of adjacent products in a row of products by a predetermined distance, an image capturing device simultaneously capturing a plurality of images of a plurality of surfaces of all the products of the row of products that have been separated by the separating device, and a rotating device simultaneously rotating the products in the row of products separated by the separating device. The surfaces to be inspected of each product in the row of products are successively rotated to an orientation facing the image capturing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicants: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., TE Connectivity Services GmbH
    Inventors: Lei (Alex) Zhou, Dandan (Emily) Zhang, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu, Qing (Carrie) Zhou, Rong Zhang
  • Outer Conductor and Coaxial Connector
    Publication number: 20230129483
    Abstract: An outer conductor of a coaxial connector includes a main body and a first connection part connected to an end of the main body. The first connection part is cylindrical and has a partition slit extending in an axial direction. A protrusion is formed on an inner side of a distal end of the first connection part and is electrically connectable with a mating outer conductor inserted into the first connection part. An outer diameter of the first connection part is smaller than an outer diameter of the main body. An inner diameter of a portion of the first connection part other than the protrusion is constant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicants: Tyco Electronics Technology (SIP) Ltd., Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jianlin Huang, Feng (Carlos) Pan, Haomai (Ivan) Yin, Yuanming (Toney) Zhang