Patents Examined by Briggitte R. Hammond
  • Patent number: 11957918
    Abstract: An implantable electrical connector arrangement electrically connects a first electrical component and a second electrical component. The connector arrangement includes a first connector having a first terminal and a first coupling electrode connected to the first terminal and a second connector having a second terminal and a second coupling electrode connected to the second terminal. The first connector and the second connector are connectable to each other such that the first terminal and the second terminal are capacitively connectable via the first coupling electrode and the second coupling electrode in a connected state. A defined separation gap is formed between the first coupling electrode and the second coupling electrode in the connected state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
    Inventors: Patrick Kiele, Cristian Pasluosta, Thomas Stieglitz
  • Patent number: 11962114
    Abstract: A heat dissipating hardline connector includes a first body portion configured to support a terminal pin assembly and a second body portion configured to be coupled with the first body portion. The second body portion is configured to receive a hardline cable. The second body portion includes a plurality of spaced apart annular grooves formed in an outer surface of the second body portion to define a plurality of fin portions that are spaced apart from one another along a length of the second body portion. The annular grooves and fin portions are configured to increase the surface area of the outer surface of the second body portion to provide increased heat dissipation by the second body portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: PPC BROADBAND, INC.
    Inventors: Joshua C. Ivancic, Noah P. Montena, Daniel Daoust
  • Patent number: 11955750
    Abstract: A joint connector includes the plurality of wires extending in an extending direction, a plurality of terminals to be respectively connected to front end parts of the plurality of wires in the extending direction, a lower housing for accommodating the plurality of terminals, a busbar to be disposed in the lower housing, and an upper cover to be assembled with the lower housing. The busbar includes a plurality of tabs. Each of the plurality of terminals includes a tube portion, into which each of the plurality of tabs is inserted, and a wire connecting portion to be connected to each of the plurality of wires. The plurality of wires drawn out rearward in the extending direction from the lower housing include bent portions folded forward in the extending direction. The upper cover includes wire pressing portions for holding the plurality of wires folded forward in the extending direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki Kobayashi, Hajime Kawase, Masaaki Tabata, Teruo Hara, Hajime Matsui
  • Patent number: 11949192
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an HDMI cable, including: a connector (7), the connector including an HDMI interface, an outer sheath, and a comb connecting end configured for electrical connection with a cable termination comb (6), the comb connecting end being provided with a plurality of lead bonding pads (71); an HDMI wire (100), including a plurality of leads (81) for transmitting data and signals, and a grounding line; and a cable termination comb (6), which is made from a conductive material and configured for inserting and fixing the respective leads (81) of HDMI wire (100), the lead termination comb further including one or more grounding terminals (64) extending toward the connector; wherein the grounding terminals (64) and the leads (81) are electrically connected to the corresponding lead bonding pads (71) of the connector (7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: JINING AVOVE ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xianjun Li
  • Patent number: 11942737
    Abstract: A joint connector for connecting a plurality of wires includes a lower housing, an upper cover assembled with the lower housing, a plurality of terminals respectively connected to front end parts in an extending direction of the plurality of wires, and a busbar connected to the plurality of terminals. The busbar disposed in the lower housing includes a plurality of tabs. Each of the plurality of terminals disposed in the lower housing includes a tube portion, each of the plurality of tabs being inserted into the tube portion, sandwiching portions extending along the extending direction and configured to sandwich one of the plurality of wires, and a sliding portion disposed outside the sandwiching portions, movable along the extending direction and including pressurizing portions configured to pressurize the sandwiching portions toward the wire with the one of the plurality of wires sandwiched by the sandwiching portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki Kobayashi, Hajime Kawase, Masaaki Tabata, Teruo Hara, Hajime Matsui
  • Patent number: 11942657
    Abstract: An inter-terminal connection structure electrically connecting terminal portions via a conductive component. The conductive component includes a conductive member having connection portions that are fastened so as to be connected to the respective terminal portions, and a case having insulation properties while accommodating the conductive member, an insulating cover covering at least one of the terminal portions and the connection portions, an opening window provided to the insulating cover and exposing at least one of the terminal portions and the connection portions, and a relay portion provided to the connection portion or the terminal portion fastened to the at least one of the terminal portions and the connection portions covered by the insulating cover while being inserted through the opening window to be connected to the at least one of the terminal portions and the connection portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Taiji Yanagida, Hiroki Shimoda, Nobuyuki Matsumura, Yoshinori Ikai, Yasuhiro Kudou
  • Patent number: 11935860
    Abstract: An interconnect that has an electrically conductive layer, where a first and second insulator layers are coupled with the conductive layer. A region of the conductive layer includes an opening of a portion of the first insulator layer the second insulator layer that are adjacent to the region. An electrical connector of a first device is electrically coupled to a portion of the region on a first side of the conductive layer and an electrical conductor of a second device is electrically coupled with a portion of the region on the second side. Also, an interconnect coupled with a substrate that includes a cylinder extending from a side of the substrate with a plate coupled at the end of the cylinder with an opening that includes two or more tabs of the plate extending into the opening to receive a connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Morten Jensen, Michael Ryan, Srikant Nekkanty, Joe F. Walczyk
  • Patent number: 11930842
    Abstract: An aerosol-generating device may include a housing having flexible portion along its length. The flexible portion is configured to transition between a relaxed or unloaded configuration and a flexed or deflected configuration. A flexible heating element and mouthpiece may also be disposed in the housing. When the housing is in a relaxed or unloaded configuration, the flexible heating element and the mouthpiece are at least partially longitudinally aligned with the flexible portion of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Rui Nuno Batista, Stephane Antony Hedarchet
  • Patent number: 11929569
    Abstract: A circuit board includes a board body and pair of connection portions disposed at both ends of the board body. Each of the pair of connection portions is inserted into a connector. Each of the pair of connection portions includes a connection terminal electrically connected to the connector, and at least one of the pair of connection portions includes an extending portion extending from the connection terminal to an insertion leading end of the at least one of the pair of connection portion. The extending portion is disposed at a position to avoid a virtual line extending in an insertion direction through a position where the connector and the connection terminal are electrically connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventor: Takayoshi Shimizu
  • Patent number: 11916338
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes a pair of electrical connectors for electrically connecting to one another to close an electric circuit. The assembly further includes a connection indicator attached to one or more of the electrical connectors. The connection indicator generates a feedback, in response to the electrical connectors being one of connected to one another and disconnected from one another. The connection indicator is separate from the electric circuit, and the feedback is at least one of a radio frequency signal (RF signal), an electronic signal, a visible light, and an acoustic signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Xiang Zhao, Dalong Gao, Jinglin Li
  • Patent number: 11909141
    Abstract: A connector comprises a housing defining a receptacle sized to receive a flat flexible cable. A conductive terminal is arranged within the receptacle and adapted to contact an exposed conductor of the flat flexible cable received within the receptacle. A seal is positioned in contact with a front end of the housing and defines a cable receiving slot therethrough aligned with the receptacle. A cover is arranged over the seal and includes a slotted opening aligned with the cable receiving slot of the seal and the receptacle. The cover selectively fixed to the front end of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH
    Inventor: Christopher Ryan Raybold
  • Patent number: 11909154
    Abstract: A bonding endcap for use in connection with a bracket assembly for establishing an equipotential plane in a cable runway includes a spring clip and a bonding lug. The spring clip is made from an electrically conductive material and has two side walls that extend forward from a rear wall. The bonding lug is made from an electrically conductive material and includes a contact portion and a side arm extending at each side of the contact portion. The spring clip is positionable within a channel of a cable runway rail. The contact portion of the bonding lug is receivable between the side walls of the spring clip to deflect the side walls and establish an electrical bonding connection from the cable runway rail, through the spring clip, and to the bonding lug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Chatsworth Products, Inc.
    Inventors: David Michael Richards, Kenneth Matthew Michaels, Steven Jay Gibble, Jared Keith Davis
  • Patent number: 11901671
    Abstract: A contact assembly for an electrical connector includes an array of contacts including signal contacts and ground contacts. The ground contacts are interspersed with the signal contacts to provide electrical shielding between corresponding signal contacts. Each signal contact includes a signal contact body having a first side, a second side opposite the first side, a first edge between the first and second sides, and a second edge between the first and second sides opposite the first edge. The signal contact body includes a signal mating end and a signal terminating end. Each signal contact includes a mating ball formed at the signal mating end of the signal contact body. The mating ball is generally spherical shaped. The mating ball and the signal contact body are a homogeneous structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GmbH
    Inventor: Michael Tryson
  • Patent number: 11901653
    Abstract: A module connector for electrically connecting a pair of electric modules includes a pair of contact assemblies spaced from one another and fastening the module connector to the electric modules, a conductor assembly electrically connecting the contact assemblies and, with the contact assemblies, forming an electrical connection between the electric modules, and a housing formed of an electrically insulating material. The contact assemblies and the conductor assembly are accommodated in the housing. At least one of the contact assemblies is fastened to the conductor assembly in a manner displaceable relative to the conductor assembly in a direction of displacement directed towards and/or away from the other of the contact assemblies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Chris Buechling, Frank Kaehny, Manuel Eheim, Marcus Wolf, Bjoern Hoffmann, Alexander Weber, Patrick Distler
  • Patent number: 11901662
    Abstract: A connector housing includes a body defining an accommodating channel sized to receive a pin terminal, and a blocking structure formed in the accommodating channel and positioned to prevent a bent portion of a pin terminal from rebounding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Qin (Candy) Xu, Hongbo (Daniel) Zhang, Jianding Du
  • Patent number: 11895801
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of standardizing the construction of a power distribution device that includes power conveying wires, a plurality of receptacles, a power conveying flexible bus assembly, a plurality of power connection boards, a plurality of circuit breakers, a standardized receptacle module carrier, and a customized cover. The standardized receptacles and the receptacle printed circuit boards are configured into modules arranged and aligned about the standardized receptacle module carrier. The standardized receptacle module carrier is attached to the standardized common chassis. A customized cover is attached to the standardized common chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Gateview Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark Germagian
  • Patent number: 11888275
    Abstract: A connector includes a housing to be assembled to a wall portion of a box-shaped body, a bus bar having a fastened portion disposed inside the wall portion and is to be connected to a terminal fitting by fastening using a bolt, and a nut held by the housing with a gap between the nut and the fastened portion into which the terminal fitting is capable of being inserted and engaged with the bolt to fasten the fastened portion and the terminal fitting inserted into the gap together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masataka Nagayama
  • Patent number: 11881661
    Abstract: A ganged connector assembly includes: a plurality of coaxial connectors, each of the coaxial connectors connected with a respective coaxial cable extending rearwardly therefrom, each of the coaxial connectors including an inner contact and an outer body that is electrically separated from the inner contact; a shell having a plurality of cavities; and a plurality of rear bodies, each of the rear bodies encircling a respective outer body, each of the rear bodies mounted in a respective cavity of the shell. Each of the rear bodies includes a first locking feature. A second locking feature is located in each of the cavities and is fixed relative to the shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventor: Jeffrey D. Paynter
  • Patent number: 11881669
    Abstract: A terminal (1) for connection of an electrical conductor (2) without stripping, having at least one conductor insertion area (13) for inserting an electrical conductor (2), insulated with an insulating material, into the terminal (1) in a conductor insertion direction. The terminal (1) has, for each conductor insertion area (13), an actuating part (50) and an insulation-piercing contact (30) having a cutting edge (33) for cutting through the insulating material and establishing electrical contact with the electrical conductor (2). The cutting edge (33) extends about an axis of rotation along an arc. By rotating the actuating part (50) about the axis the insulation-piercing contact (30) moves between a contacting position, in which the cutting edge (33) intersects the conductor insertion area (13) for establishing electrical contact with an inserted electrical conductor (2), and a release position, in which the cutting edge (33) clears the conductor insertion area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: ELECTRO TERMINAL GMBH & CO KG
    Inventor: Armin Eder
  • Patent number: 11881656
    Abstract: Connection assembly comprising a connector and a counter-connector. The shielding cage of the connector has attachment means which are formed by deformation of the shielding cage, without an opening being created. The attachment means are configured to prevent the internal element of the connecting casing from moving in translation with respect to the shielding cage, parallel to the coupling direction (A). The shielding cage is prevented from moving in translation parallel to the coupling direction (A) with respect to the external casing element with the aid of the retaining device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: APTIV TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventors: Jean Fabre, Pascal Menard, Jérémy X Leveque