Patents Assigned to Tyco Electronics
  • Publication number: 20240136741
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulation housing having opposite first and second sides, an array of a plurality of conductive terminals, a plurality of solder balls, and a spacer. The conductive terminals are mounted within the insulation housing, with each conductive terminal having a contact segment and an opposite solder segment. The contact segment is at least partially exposed from the first side, and the solder segment is at least partially exposed from the second side. Each solder ball is connected to the solder segment of a corresponding conductive terminal. The spacer is disposed on the second side of the insulation housing and is positioned between adjacent solder balls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xinlei (Tony) Li, Hailong (Sanders) Yan, Qiaoli (Cherie) Chen
  • Patent number: 11966006
    Abstract: A cable detection system for detecting an end of a cable having a plurality of exposed different sections includes an illumination device and a camera. The illumination device emits an illuminating light to the end of the cable. The illumination device simultaneously emits a parallel light and a diffuse light to the end of the cable. The camera captures an image of the end of the cable. The parallel light sharpens a boundary between the different sections of the cable in the image, and the diffuse light clarifies a surface of the different sections in the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignees: TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH, Kunshan League Automechanism Co., Ltd., Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Lei (Alex) Zhou, Dandan (Emily) Zhang, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu, Sonny O. Osunkwo, Sai Tarun Kosaraju, Cong Lin, Tianshu Wu
  • Publication number: 20240128671
    Abstract: A terminal comprises a terminal body including a pair of terminal plates spaced opposite each other in a height direction, and a pair of elastic contact members arranged on respective inner sides of the pair of terminal plates. Each elastic contact member includes an elastic arm having an extension direction inclined with respect to a length direction of the terminal body. The elastic arms are adapted to clamp to a mating terminal inserted therebetween along the extension direction to achieve electrical connection between the terminal and the mating terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicants: Tyco Electronics Technology (SIP) Ltd., Tyco Electronics (Shanghai)) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Weidong Zhang, Wenzheng Ma, Jian Wang, Pengsheng Jiang, Zaiyun Bai
  • Publication number: 20240128684
    Abstract: A housing assembly for electrical connector includes a housing body and a locking lever pivotally connected to the housing body. The locking lever is pivotable relative to the housing body between a pre-locked position and a locked position. A groove is formed in an outer side surface of the housing body, and an elastic protrusion is formed on an inner side surface of the locking lever. The groove and the elastic protrusion are adapted such that the elastic protrusion is engaged into the groove when the locking lever is in the pre-locked position, and the elastic protrusion is disengaged from the groove when the locking lever is moved from the pre-locked position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicants: Tyco Electronics (Suzhou) Ltd., Tyco Electronics Technology (SIP) Ltd., Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhuangzhi (Bill) WU, Kaixuan (Evan) Jiang, Jun Zong, Yihao Tang
  • Publication number: 20240128729
    Abstract: A junction box includes a box body, a connector core, and a connector housing. The connector core is integrally molded with the box body. The connector housing is formed separately from the box body and the connector core and is embedded within the box body during molding of the box body and the connector core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Guoqiang (David) Li, Yong (Chris) Wang, Jianfei (Fencer) Yu, Yong Yang
  • Patent number: 11961638
    Abstract: A cable includes a pair of conductors extending longitudinally and spaced apart from each other, an inner insulating layer circumferentially wrapped around an outside of the conductors and fixing the conductors, a conductive shielding layer circumferentially wrapped around an outside of the inner insulating layer, and an outer insulating layer circumferentially wrapped around an outer peripheral surface of the conductive shielding layer. At least one of the conductive shielding layer and the outer insulating layer includes a pair of diametrically opposed circumferential halves. Each circumferential half surrounds a part of a circumference of the inner insulating layer and extends longitudinally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhiwei (Jack) Guo, Hainan (Harlan) Lu
  • Publication number: 20240120687
    Abstract: A connector includes an electrically conductive base body and a keying member. The electrically conductive base body defines a mating opening and a connector mating portion adapted to receive a mating connector inserted through the mating opening. The keying member is removably inserted into the connector mating portion. The keying member is adapted to permit a correspondingly shaped mating connector to be inserted into the connector mating portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventor: Hitoshi Horita
  • Publication number: 20240110776
    Abstract: A detection device adapted to verify or determine a welding quality includes a housing, a moving assembly, a mounting bracket, and a rotating assembly. The moving assembly is movably installed on the housing and is adapted to be moved up and down in a vertical direction. The mounting bracket is fixed to the housing. The rotating assembly includes a rotating member rotatably connected to the mounting bracket and movably connected to the moving assembly, and a contact probe fixed to the rotating member. The contact probe is adapted to make sliding contact with a second component welded on a first component and to push the moving assembly to move in the vertical direction through the rotating member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicants: Tyco Electronics (Dongguan) Ltd., TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH, Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Lei (Alex) Zhou, Dandan (Emily) Zhang, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu, Xuyan Yu, Haoquan Yao, Hongzhou (Andy) Shen, Yi Li
  • Publication number: 20240109337
    Abstract: A label printing and attaching system includes a label printing device and a label attaching device. The label printing device has an ink tape supply mechanism for supplying an ink tape with a label pattern. A label tape supply mechanism of the label printing device is adapted to supply a label tape that includes a carrier tape and blank label paper adhered to the carrier tape. The label printing device further includes a heat transfer machine adapted to heat transfer the label pattern on the ink tape onto the blank label paper of the label tape to obtain a desired label. The label attaching device has a label picker adapted to pick up the label with the printed label pattern from the label tape, and a moving device adapted to move the label picker to place the picked label with the printed label pattern onto a product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicants: Tyco Electronics (Dongguan) Ltd., TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH, Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zongjie (Jason) Tao, Hongzhou (Andy) Shen, Dandan (Emily) Zhang, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu, Guoqiang Liu, Ziqiang Xiong, Kai Fu, Xueyun Zhu, Yi Li, Xuyan Yu
  • Publication number: 20240113470
    Abstract: A waterproofing element comprises a seal element and a supporting element. The seal element includes a plurality of first waterproofing portions each defining a plug hole adapted to receive and form a seal with a conductive contact, and a second waterproofing portion adapted to sealingly contact an inner wall surface of a housing. The supporting element surrounds the first waterproofing portions and is adapted to prevent misalignment of the first waterproofing portions. The second waterproofing portion arranged over the supporting element such that the supporting element presses the second waterproofing portion in a radially outward direction for forming a seal therewith.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventor: Ryuichi Komiyama
  • Publication number: 20240113471
    Abstract: A sealing element comprises a raised region. The raised region includes a plurality of first ridges on a first principal face, a plurality of second ridges on a second principal face opposite to the first principal face, and a central trough. The central trough is formed between the adjacent ones of the second ridges and is located in a center of the second principal face. At least one of the first ridges located in the most outer side of the plurality of first ridges is positioned offset in a width direction relative to the plurality of second ridges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventor: Yoshihiko Shindo
  • Patent number: 11945658
    Abstract: A platform for processing a workpiece includes a transmission mechanism, a plurality of workstations and a plurality of movable vehicles. The transmission mechanism transports the workpiece to be processed to one of the plurality of workstations. Each movable vehicle includes a processing module and a docking interface adapted to connect with a docking station of each workstation. The movable vehicles are each adapted to move in and out of each workstation, and each processing module is adapted to process the workpiece transmitted to the workstation after the movable vehicle is moved in and positioned in the workstation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignees: TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH, Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Tyco Electronics (Qingdao) Ltd.
    Inventors: Jian Cao, Lvhai (Samuel) Hu, Dandan (Emily) Zhang, Fengchun (Fred) Xie, An (Joshua) Yang, Yun (Shanghai) Liu, Wenhe Ma, Peng Ji, Zongjie (Jason) Tao, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu, Tao Xu
  • Publication number: 20240106175
    Abstract: A connector assembly includes an installation seat having a pair of first installation holes and a second installation hole, a pair of first connectors respectively detachably inserted into the first installation holes, and a second connector detachably inserted into the second installation hole. Each of the first connectors has a power terminal. The second connector has a signal terminal and a grounding terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xuexiu Li, Xiao (Nichee) Zhou
  • Publication number: 20240106156
    Abstract: A electrical connector unit is equipped with a connector to which a cable is to be connected, the connector has an outer housing and an inner housing provided in the outer housing, the inner housing is an inner housing having a first sub housing and a second sub housing that are mutually connected via a bridge element, and the inner housing is directly engageable with the outer housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventor: Zhonghuan Shen
  • Publication number: 20240106141
    Abstract: An electrical connection terminal includes a welding part welded to a solder pad of a battery pack cell to be electrically connected to the battery pack cell, a press fitting part pressed into a hole on a battery pack signal acquisition board to be electrically connected to the battery pack signal acquisition board, and an elastic part connected between the welding part and the press fitting part. The press fitting part is elastically floated in a length direction of the electrical connection terminal relative to the welding part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiaozhi (George) Fu, Wei (Rock) Lv, Wei Zhang, Dingbing (Frank) Fan, Xiang Li
  • Publication number: 20240101370
    Abstract: An object pickup system includes an object pickup device and a calculation device. The object pickup device includes a first bracket, a suction cup installed on the first bracket and adapted to be affixed to a top surface of an object, and a distance sensor installed on the first bracket and adapted to rotate with the first bracket to scan the top surface of the object. The calculation device is operatively connected to the distance sensor. The calculation device is adapted to calculate a distance from the top surface of the object to the distance sensor and a position of an edge of an opening on the top surface of the object based on the distance data collected by the distance sensor during a scanning operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicants: TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH, Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: An (Joshua) Yang, Lvhai (Samuel) Hu, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu
  • Publication number: 20240099542
    Abstract: A system adapted to detect rotation of at least two spray arms of a household appliance spaced along a longitudinal axis of the appliance includes a first detection magnet, a second detection magnet and a magnetic sensor. The first detection magnet is arranged on a first spray arm of the at least two spray arms. The second detection magnet is arranged on a second spray arm of the at least two spray arms. A magnetic field direction of the second detection magnet is different from a magnetic field direction of the first detection magnet. The magnetic sensor is arranged in the household appliance and is adapted to sense a motion status of the first detection magnet and the second detection magnet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicants: TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH, Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Weifeng Bian, Yongyao Cai, Shaoyong Wang, Lei Pan, Nicholas Langston, Stephen Descioli, Richard T. Shell
  • Patent number: 11942295
    Abstract: A relay includes a housing, an electric contact system in the housing, an electromagnetic system in the housing, and a magnetic blowing arc-extinguish device. The electric contact system includes a static contact with a static contact portion and a movable contact with a movable contact portion. The electromagnetic system is configured to drive the movable contact to move between a closed position in which the movable contact is in electrical contact with the static contact and an opened position in which the movable contact is separated from the static contact. The magnetic blowing arc-extinguish device includes a permanent magnet statically provided near the static contact and configured to lengthen an electric arc between the static contact portion and the movable contact portion by an electromagnetic force to extinguish the electric arc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiaoning Zhang, Teng Zou
  • Publication number: 20240097375
    Abstract: An outer end cap for sealing a connection end of an electrical connector includes a cover section covering an end face of the connection end and a collar section attached to the connection end. The cover section has a through-hole receiving a sensor cable of a sensor. The cover section and the collar section jointly form a receptacle receiving the connection end. An interior surface of the receptacle has a semi-conductive material. A connector seal is formed on the interior surface of the receptacle and a cable seal is formed in the through-hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics Raychem GmbH
    Inventors: Axel Winter, Torsten Friedrich
  • Publication number: 20240097354
    Abstract: A conductive terminal includes a first pair of clamping arms forming a first clamping portion for connecting with a wire, and a second pair of clamping arms connected to the first pair of clamping arms by a connecting part. The first clamping portion has a first clamping sub-portion and a second clamping sub-portion distributed along a length direction. The second pair of clamping arms forms a second clamping portion. The second clamping portion has a third clamping sub-portion and a fourth clamping sub-portion distributed along the length direction. The first clamping sub-portion corresponds to the third clamping sub-portion in the length direction. A width of the first clamping sub-portion is greater than a width of the third clamping sub-portion. The second clamping sub-portion corresponds to the fourth clamping sub-portion in the length direction. A width of the second clamping sub-portion is less than a width of the fourth clamping sub-portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicants: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH, Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chunjie Hu, Tongbao (Tim) Ding, Yongjian (Justin) Huang, Thomas Klenner