Patents Assigned to Tyco Electronics
  • Patent number: 11804675
    Abstract: A plug connector includes a metal housing, an insulation body received in the metal housing, the insulation body having an insertion slot, a signal terminal disposed in the insulation body, a power terminal disposed in the insulation body, and a metal sheet. The metal sheet is disposed in the insertion slot. The signal terminal and the power terminal are separated from each other by the metal sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hua He, Yong Wang, Yingchun Wang, Yong Yang, Daokuan Zhang
  • Publication number: 20230344178
    Abstract: A connector assembly includes a conductor terminal disposed on a printed circuit board (PCB), a plurality of shield terminals disposed on the PCB, a main body disposed on the PCB and accommodating the shield terminals, a cable, a housing, a cover shield connected to the housing and covering at least a portion of an end of the cable, and a base shield disposed on the PCB. The cable has an inner conductor supported by the conductor terminal, an insulator enclosing the inner conductor, a cable shield enclosing the insulator and supported by the shield terminals, and an outer jacket enclosing the cable shield. The housing is coupled to the main body, covers the cable, and is spaced apart from the PCB. The base shield is connected to the cover shield and provided in the main body to cover at least a portion of the end of the cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics AMP Korea Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung Moon Ryu, Guenther Mumper, Christian Rusch
  • Publication number: 20230344158
    Abstract: A connector assembly includes a printed circuit board (PCB), a plurality of terminals disposed on the PCB, a main body disposed on the PCB and supporting the terminals, a cable supported by the terminals, and a housing coupled to the main body, covering the cable, and spaced apart from the PCB. The main body has a holding point contacting an external jig. A space into which the external jig is inserted is provided between the main body and the PCB.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics AMP Korea Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min Jae Kwon, Gi-Chan Kwon, Guenther Mumper, Christian Rusch
  • Patent number: 11799237
    Abstract: The present application provides a terminal body for high-voltage connection, a cable assembly and a connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: TYCO ELECTRONICS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jianrui Yin, Weidong Zhang, Haomai (Ivan) Yin
  • Patent number: 11799242
    Abstract: A unipolar connection terminal for a high-voltage connector and a connector device are provided in the invention. The unipolar connection terminal is mounted in a housing of the connector device. The connector device has a columnar insertion tube to be connected and passed through by a mating terminal, an end portion of the insertion tube extends in a radial direction to form at least three protrusion structures, and the at least three protrusion structures are arranged at intervals in a circumferential direction of an end surface of the insertion tube. According to the unipolar connection terminal and the connector device provided by the invention, when the unipolar connection terminal is mounted in the housing of the connector device, an erroneous assembly can be effectively avoided due to the arrangement of the protruding structures disposed at the end portion of the insertion tube, and a conduction effect of the connector device is guaranteed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: TYCO ELECTRONICS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jianrui Yin, Weidong Zhang
  • Patent number: 11799241
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a housing formed in a single piece and including a recess, a compression spring disposed in the recess, and a position assurance element having a head disposed in the recess and inserted through a first end of the compression spring. The compression spring is unloaded in a plugged-in position of the electrical connector into a mating connector and opposes plugging of the electrical connector into the mating connector in a loaded state. The first end of the compression spring exerts a force only on the position assurance element, the position assurance element exerts a force on the one-piece housing, and a second end of the compression spring opposite the first end along a longitudinal axis of the compression spring exerts a force only on the recess of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics France SAS
    Inventors: Xavier Rouillard, Olivier Pamart, Steven Lord
  • Publication number: 20230335948
    Abstract: A connector includes a back housing, a front shell having a barrel portion and a grounding portion continuous with a rear portion of the barrel portion, and a cover shell. The cover shell has a contacting portion contacting a rear end upper portion of the front shell, a catching portion catching on the grounding portion, and a spring portion elastically deformed by catching of the catching portion. The elastic deformation of the spring portion causes the cover shell to contact the back housing while pressing the back housing frontward, and to contact the front shell while pressing the rear end upper portion of the front shell upward at the contacting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Mizukami, Tadashi Kumamoto
  • Patent number: 11777260
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a charging socket lead frame assembly and a charging socket. The charging socket lead frame assembly has a lead frame which has a frame body and an electrical connection structure arranged in the frame body. The lead frame is adapted to be installed in a cavity of a charging socket, and a plurality of terminals of the charging socket are adapted to pass through the frame body. One end of the electrical connection structure is exposed from the frame body to electrically connect with a lead of a temperature sensor. The lead frame is arranged in non-electrical contact with at least one signal terminal of the charging socket. Therefore, the structure of the lead frame can be simplified and the manufacturing difficulty and cost can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignees: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Tyco Electronics (Suzhou) Ltd., Tyco Electronics Technology (SIP) Ltd.
    Inventors: Fangyue Zhu, Jinshun Wang, Renyi Dou, Kaixuan Jiang
  • Patent number: 11777236
    Abstract: A distribution block for attaching to a support rail extending in a support direction comprises an insulating housing, and a conductive member arranged in the insulating housing. A mounting assembly of the distribution block is connected to the insulating housing for attaching to the support rail. The distribution block is mountable on the support rail in a longitudinal configuration wherein the extension direction of the insulating housing is substantially parallel to the support direction, and in a transverse configuration wherein the extension direction of the insulating housing is transverse to the support direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignees: Tyco Electronics France SAS, TE Connectivity India Private Limited
    Inventors: Saurabh Bisht, Charlotte Deligny, Philippe France, Dhanabal R, Anna-Line Escoffier
  • Patent number: 11776783
    Abstract: A stationary contact spring for a relay includes a base section fixed in a housing of the relay, a contact area opposite the base section adapted to perform an electric switching with a contact force, a spring section extending between the base section and the contact area, and an abutting latch abutting the housing with a biasing force directed against the contact force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Austria GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Gutmann, Philipp Harrer
  • Patent number: 11772135
    Abstract: An air nozzle includes a main body having a compressed air passageway to allow a compressed air to flow therethrough and a compensation air passageway in communication with the compressed air passageway. An external air is sucked into the compressed air passageway through the compensation air passageway and ejected together with the compressed air when the compressed air flows through the compressed air passageway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jialin Zhang, Jinlong Li, Dan Li, Zhongxi Huang, Jiankun Zhou, Daiqiong Zhang
  • Publication number: 20230307864
    Abstract: A connector includes a housing having a mounting port, a connection assembly installed in the mounting port of the housing and adapted to fasten a terminal of the connector to a mating terminal of a mating connector, the connection assembly has a first operation part exposed from the housing and the connection assembly is capable of being fastened or loosened by operating the first operation part, and a safety cover slidably mounted on the housing. The first operation part is in a position of interference with the safety cover to prevent the safety cover from being moved to a safety position when the connection assembly is not fastened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuchen Yang, Xiao (Nichee) Zhou, Kaixuan (Evan) Jiang, Ziwei (Vivi) Li
  • Publication number: 20230307860
    Abstract: A contact includes a base portion having a first end and a second end, a first extending portion extending from first end of the base portion and having a first contact portion, and a second extending portion extending from the second end of the base portion and having a second contact portion. The base portion extends between the first end and the second end. The base portion has a pair of base portion beams having a first space therebetween. Each of the base portion beams has a press-fit portion protruding from one of the base portion beams toward the other of the base portion beams; the press-fit portions are press-fittable into a housing and supportable by the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventors: Naoki Hashimoto, Masayuki Aizawa
  • Publication number: 20230307876
    Abstract: An impedance matching structure for a high-speed connector includes a pair of ground leads, a differential pair of signal leads, a ground plane, a first region in which the ground leads and the differential pair of signal leads are coplanar within a first plane, and a second region in which the differential pair of signal leads lies on the first plane and the ground plane lies on a second plane extending along the first plane. The impedance matching structure has a transition region between the first region and the second region. The ground leads are connected to the ground plane in the transition region. An impedance matching projection is arranged in the transition region and projects from a side of the differential pair of signal leads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicants: TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH, TE Connectivity Belgium BV, Tyco Electronics Holdings (Bermuda) No. 7 Limited
    Inventors: Lieven Decrock, Michael Rosier, Josh Jiang
  • Publication number: 20230307874
    Abstract: A temperature detection assembly includes an elastic thermal conductivity component, a temperature sensor and a retainer. The elastic thermal conductivity component is formed with a mounting hole and is adapted to be inserted into an installation slot formed on a housing of a connector. The temperature sensor is inserted in the mounting hole of the elastic thermal conductivity component and is adapted to detect the temperature of a connection terminal of the connector. The retainer is adapted to be installed on the housing of the connector and to fix the elastic thermal conductivity component in the installation slot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicants: Tyco Electronics (Suzhou) Ltd., Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wei (Weiser) Zhao, Kaixuan (Evan) Jiang, Feisong Ma, Dongdong Li, Rancher Chen
  • Patent number: 11767927
    Abstract: A solenoid valve having a solenoid body with a solenoid receiving cavity and a flow receiving passage. A solenoid assembly is provided in the solenoid receiving cavity. A valve is provided in the flow receiving passage. An armature extends from the solenoid to the valve. The solenoid valve also includes a control circuitry, a power connection and a bidirectional communications connection. At least one sensor is provided in the flow receiving passage. The at least one sensor is in communication with the control circuitry. When in operation, power is continuously supplied through the power connection and the actuation of the solenoid valve is initiated by the bidirectional communications connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignees: TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GMBH, TYCO ELECTRONICS (SHANGHAI) CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Robin Wesson, Pai Rajendra, Tian Xia, Tracy Chen
  • Publication number: 20230299546
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly comprises a header and a backing plate attachable thereto. The header includes a plug portion for connecting to a complementary mating connector, and a base having a plurality of mounting through holes for fixing the header to a mounting surface. The backing plate includes a plurality of mounting elements corresponding in location to the plurality of mounting holes of the header for fixing the backing plate to the header on an underside of the mounting surface, and a central opening corresponding in location to the plug portion of the header with the backing plate fixed to the header.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicants: Tyco Electronics Canada ULC, TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH
    Inventors: Zoran Krnetic, David James Rhein, Thomas Robert DeWitte, Lindsey Gatesman, Adam Price Tyler, Praveen Kumar HM
  • Publication number: 20230299514
    Abstract: A connector includes a case having an input and a plurality of outputs, a terminal housing in the case, a plurality of terminals in the terminal housing, and a bus bar disposed inside the terminal housing and connected to the terminals. At least one terminal of the terminals is exposed to an outside through any one of the outputs and is connectable to an external terminal inserted into the case. Another terminal of the terminals is exposed to the outside through another output of the outputs and is connectable to another external terminal inserted into the case. At least some of the bus bar is in the input and exposed to the outside of the case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics AMP Korea Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun Sang Park, Hee Jun Lim
  • Patent number: 11761882
    Abstract: A connector visual inspection apparatus comprises a rotatable clamp for clamping a connector to be inspected. A first camera of the apparatus is arranged on one side of the clamp for capturing an end face image of the clamped connector along an axial direction of the connector. A computing device calculates an angular difference between an initial loading orientation and a predetermined orientation of the clamped connector according to the captured end face image. A drive device rotates the clamp around an axis that coincides with a central axis of the clamped connector by the calculated angular difference and into the predetermined orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignees: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., TE Connectivity Morocco SARL, TE Connectiyity Solutions GmbH
    Inventors: An Yang, Lvhai Hu, Zouheir Atif, Roberto Francisco-Yi Lu
  • Patent number: 11764508
    Abstract: A connection terminal for use with a plug-in terminal includes a terminal body and a tongue. The tongue extends from a first end of the terminal body along an axial direction of the connection terminal and defines a locking element. A first curled portion and a second curled portion are disposed oppositely on two sides of the terminal body. The first curled portion and the second curled portion define at least one first reinforcing rib and at least one second reinforcing rib, and include a first abutting portion and a second abutting portion. A plug-in space is formed between the first and second curled portions and the terminal body for receiving the plug-in terminal. With the plug-in terminal inserted into the plug-in space, the first abutting portion and the second abutting portion abut against the plug-in terminal, and the locking element locks the plug-in terminal within the plug-in space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xinxin (Daisy) Li, Liming (Eric) Wang, Tongbao (Tim) Ding, Zebin (Donnie) Tang, Yang (Leon) Zou