Patents Examined by Abdullah A Riyami
-
Patent number: 11026448Abstract: An electronic vapor provision system includes an electrical heater for vaporizing a liquid to form an aerosol for inhalation by a user of the electronic vapor provision system, and a communications interface for providing wireless communications. The communications interface is configured to use the heater as an antenna for the wireless communications.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2015Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITEDInventors: David Leadley, Ray Lea
-
Patent number: 11031740Abstract: A ground terminal is integrally formed with one ground coupling member extending in a width direction; a housing is integrally formed with a signal terminal, the ground terminal, and the ground coupling member by insert molding; the signal terminal has a contact portion that comes into contact with a counterpart signal terminal and a tail portion soldered to a core wire of a coaxial cable exposed from the housing; the ground coupling member includes a shield connecting portion that is exposed from the housing on a rear side of the tail portion of the signal terminal and soldered to a shield of the coaxial cable; and the ground terminal has a portion other than the contact portion embedded in the housing.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2020Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: Molex, LLCInventors: Yoshiteru Nogawa, Toshihiro Niitsu
-
Patent number: 11031743Abstract: An electric connection member includes a busbar, a protector portion, and a cover. The busbar includes a live portion that is located between terminal connecting portions. The protector portion has a busbar mounting surface on which the live portion of the busbar is mounted, and insulates and protects the live portion. The cover is coupled to the protector portion and covers a surface of the live portion. The cover has an abutment portion that abuts against the surface of the live portion. The abutment portion includes a pressure contact surface that is in direct or indirect contact with the surface of the live portion while being pressed against the surface of the live portion in a state in which the cover is coupled to the protector portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2018Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Taiji Yanagida, Osamu Nakayama
-
Patent number: 11031730Abstract: An improved floating connector can be employed for, among other things, connecting a traction battery to the drive of an electrically-driven vehicle. The self-aligning floating connector can be used to mate connectors of the battery and the electric drive despite misalignment. The floating connector has a frame and a contact housing movable inside an aperture of the frame. The contact housing is rotatable about an axis that extends perpendicularly to the surface defined by the aperture. The essentially oval outer surface of the contact housing can cooperate with the aperture to provide a limit stop for the relative movement of the contact housing and the frame. The angular movement of the contact housing inside the aperture can be sterically constrained to limit the rotation of the contact housing relative to the frame to a pre-defined angular range. A system with a floating connector and a mating connector is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2019Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: ODU GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Alfred Mitter, Jorge Saucedo
-
Patent number: 11029012Abstract: A connection device for a luminaire includes a housing that is intended for installation in a mounting space in a wall of a premises, this device including a connection socket for a luminaire and a connection zone for connection to an electrical network. The housing forms an interior volume inside which members for supplying the luminaire with electrical power, members for connection between the connection socket for the luminaire and the connection zone for connection to the electrical network and a system for control and communication with a unit external to the connection device are incorporated.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2019Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES SASInventors: Gilles Pettinotto, Michel Dalbe, Michael Jonsson
-
Patent number: 11031724Abstract: An object is to provide a technique by which a space in a vehicle in which a wire harness including a plurality of splice circuits is arranged can be reduced and good manufacturability at the time of manufacture can be achieved. A stacked connector is formed by joining a plurality of split connectors to each other. The split connectors each include a split connector housing provided with a plurality of terminal receiving chambers and a plurality of terminal-equipped electric wires that each include a terminal received in the terminal receiving chamber and an electric wire to which the terminal is connected. At least one of the split connector housings is provided with a locking portion having a protruding shape that protrudes outward to be capable of locking the terminal-equipped electric wire received in the split connector housing of a joining counterpart.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2017Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Susumu Hiei, Kenta Itou, Takehiro Nakata, Kohei Yamaguchi, Yuichi Nakamura, Daisuke Fukai, Masaki Mizushita, Motohiro Yokoi, Kohei Takagi
-
Patent number: 11031741Abstract: A connector assembly is disclosed that includes a base with an embedded printed circuit board (PCB) and a plurality of signal pins. The plurality of signal pins electrically couple the PCB to a vehicle harness. The connector assembly includes a mating connector for mechanically coupling the connect assembly to the vehicle harness and a spring between the mating connector and the base. The spring pre-loads and axially secures the base to the mating connector. The connector assembly transmits vehicle signals through a wireless connection with vehicle and/or remote locations.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2020Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: Cummins Inc.Inventor: Jeffrey L. Oakes
-
Patent number: 11031726Abstract: A connector assembly includes a cap housing with a first fastener, a plug, and a position assurance member coupled to the plug and the cap housing. The plug includes a first end portion to be inserted into the cap housing, a plug-side flange protruding from an outer side of the plug, and a second fastener to be fastened to the first fastener. A first end portion of the cap housing is inserted into the plug-side flange. The position assurance member has a coupling flange into which a second end portion of the plug and a second end portion of the cap housing are inserted.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2019Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: Tyco Electronics AMP Korea Co., Ltd.Inventor: Sung Chui Kim
-
Patent number: 11031732Abstract: A lever-type connector includes a housing and a lever. The lever is pivotally mounted on the housing, and is pivotally operable between a temporary locking position and a fitting completion position. The lever includes a pair of side plates and an operating portion. A lock portion is provided on the housing, and locks the lever positioned at the fitting completion position. The housing is configured to be fitted to a mating housing by rotating the lever from a fitting start position to the fitting completion position. The housing has a pair of walls that are provided at both sides of the lock portion. Arm protection walls are provided on upper edges of the pair of walls respectively with extending inward so as to cover both sides of the flexible arm portion of the lock portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2017Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Tomohiko Shimizu, Shogo Suzuki, Hidenori Kanda, Masayuki Saito, Takuya Hasegawa, Kazuya Terao
-
Patent number: 11028882Abstract: Provided is disclosure for an example providing protection from electrical discharges for a rolling bearing assembly, where the rolling bearing assembly comprises an inner ring with an inner ring raceway, an outer ring with an outer ring raceway, rolling elements configured to roll or rotate between the inner ring raceway and the outer ring raceway, and at least one electrically conductive part with a first end and a second end, where the first end is configured to electrically contact the inner ring and the second end is configured to electrically contact the outer ring.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2019Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.Inventor: Matthew Roman
-
Patent number: 11031742Abstract: A contact and busbar assembly forms a bus system on electronics housings arranged in an array. An electronics assembly such as a circuit board is arranged in each housing. The contact and busbar assembly includes multiple bus plugs each having first connecting contacts for contacting a respective circuit board, second terminal contacts in the form of one or more socket contacts and power rail strips. The power rail strips have at least one flexibly deformable section or are continuously flexibly deformable. Alternatively, the socket contacts are insertable not only parallel but also obliquely in relation to the power rail strips extending in the direction of the array for contact by the socket contacts.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2019Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Inventors: Till Schmitz, René Arntzen, Jörg Richts
-
Patent number: 11031720Abstract: A connector (10) includes a terminal supporting body (30) and a terminal covering body (50) slidable relative to each other. Male terminal fittings (20) are supported in the terminal supporting body (30), and each has a male tab (21). A housing (70) has an accommodating portion (71) to accommodate the terminal supporting body (30) and the terminal covering body (50), and a receptacle (72) surrounds the male tabs (21). The terminal covering body (50) slides between a protection position and an exposed position relative to the male tabs (21). The accommodating portion (71) has a contact stop (75) that stops the terminal covering body (50). The terminal supporting body (30) slides to displace the terminal covering body (50) from the protection position to the exposed position when a sufficient force is applied with the terminal covering body (50) stopped in contact with the contact stop (75).Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2018Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Inventors: Tetsuya Miyamura, Masaaki Tabata, Hajime Matsui
-
Patent number: 11025016Abstract: An electrical assembly is provided with a housing with an opening. An electrical terminal assembly is received within the housing. A cover is in cooperation with the housing to enclose the opening. An interference projection extends from a terminal position assurance assembly (TPA) or the cover and is in cooperation with the other of the TPA or the cover to prevent the cover from enclosing the opening of the housing when the electrical terminal assembly is improperly installed in the housing.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2019Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignee: Lear CorporationInventors: Yuanlong Zhong, Shi Qing Qiu, Shuo Tian
-
Patent number: 11024992Abstract: A clamp provides electrical communication between a first conductor and a second conductor. The clamp includes a first housing portion having a first surface, a second surface, a first housing bore, and a cavity, the first housing bore extending along a longitudinal axis. The clamp further includes a clamp member at least partially disposed within the cavity of the first housing portion, the clamp member including a first clamp surface adjacent the second surface of the housing in a facing relationship. The clamp further includes a shaft oriented parallel to the longitudinal axis, the shaft coupling the first housing portion and the clamp member. The clamp further includes a second housing portion movably coupled to the first housing portion by the shaft, the second housing portion including a second housing bore and a second clamp surface, the second housing bore aligned with the longitudinal axis, the second clamp surface adjacent the first surface of the first housing portion in a facing relationship.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2020Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignee: Hubbell IncorporatedInventors: Seydou Diop, Adrian Beau Candelaria
-
Patent number: 11025015Abstract: There is provided an electrical socket apparatus 200 comprising a slot 210 for receiving a pin 310 of a corresponding electrical plug 300. The apparatus 200 comprises a light sensor 212 arranged relative to the slot 210 and configured to receive light emitted by a light source 312 of a said electrical plug 300. The slot 210 is movable to a position in which the slot 210 is aligned with the pin 310 of a said electrical plug 300 on the basis of light emitted by a light source 312 of a said electrical plug 300 and received by the light sensor 212.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2019Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignee: Vestel Elektronik Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S.Inventors: Ferhat Özmen, Onur Akdemir
-
Patent number: 11024988Abstract: A conductor terminal for clamping an electrical conductor having an insulating material housing and a contact element. The contact element includes a sheet metal part with at least one clamping spring arranged therein. The insulating material housing has at least one insertion guide channel leading towards a respective clamping spring. An opening is provided in the sheet metal part for receiving an electric conductor introduced into an associated insertion guide channel. The insulating material housing has a channel side wall that defines the insertion guide channel and extends into the opening.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2019Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignee: WAGO Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbHInventor: Hans-Josef Koellmann
-
Patent number: 11024985Abstract: The Insulated External Parking Bushing provides a means of safely securing the loadbreak elbow connector by bypassing the damaged components and securing the loadbreak elbow connector from the outside of the elbow and covering the exposed conductive material, and then placed onto the equipment's parking stand. The Insulated External Parking Bushing is the addition of a supporting device to a standard loadbreak elbow connector which hugs the loadbreak elbow connector. The Insulated External Parking Bushing is crafted from injection molds in one solid piece from dielectrically rated plastics or rubber, with the parking bracket identical to existing insulated parking bushings, with variant molds adding skirts for higher voltages.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2020Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Inventors: Shad Patrick Fleming, Anthony Christopher Simmons
-
Patent number: 11024995Abstract: An electrical connector assembly including an electrical connecting member, at least one connector, and at least one metal cover is provided. The connector is disposed at and electrically connected to the electrical connecting member. The metal cover is disposed on the electrical connecting member, such that the electrical connecting member is located between the metal cover and the connector, and the connector is covered by the electrical connecting member.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2019Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignee: Advanced Connectek Inc.Inventors: Min-Lung Chien, Ta-Teh Meng, Wen-Yu Wang, Yu-Chai Yeh, Ping Shi, Jizhou Li
-
Patent number: 11025005Abstract: A lever-type connector including a female terminal, a female housing, a contact pressure applying member attached to the female housing from a front side in a fitting direction and can be moved between a low contact pressure position at which the female terminal is brought into contact with a male terminal with low contact pressure and a high contact pressure position that is located on a rear side in the fitting direction with respect to the low contact pressure position and at which the female terminal is brought into contact with the male terminal with high contact pressure due to application of contact pressure to the female terminal. A lever is movably attached to the female housing to move the contact pressure applying member from the low to the high position after the completion of fitting.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2018Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: Toru Shimizu
-
Patent number: 11025013Abstract: The first type adaptor cable assembly has an inner connector equipped with a plug board derived from the FP5 for mating with the FP5 vertical receptacle connector, and an outer connector configured to be in compliance with the FP5 or QSFP-DD receptacle connector and disposed at a rear end of the cage for mating with the FP5 or QSFP-DD inserted into the cage. Notably, the connection between the inserted FP5 and QSFP-DD and the corresponding FP5 or QSFP-DD receptacle connector directly attached/linked to the adaptor cable, is same with the traditional connection between the inserted FP5 or QSFP-DD and the corresponding receptacle connector which is only mounted to the main/external printed circuit board without directly attachment to the cable.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2018Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignees: FOXCONN (KUNSHAN) COMPUTER CONNECTOR CO., LTD., FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDInventor: Terrance F. Little