Patents Examined by Briggitte R. Hammond
  • Patent number: 12290897
    Abstract: A chemical mechanical polishing assembly includes a chemical mechanical polishing system, a fluid source, and a fluid delivery conduit to carry a fluid from the fluid source into the chemical mechanical polishing system. The polishing system has a platen to support a polishing pad, a carrier head to support a substrate and bring the substrate into contact with the polishing pad, and a motor to cause relative motion between platen and the carrier head. The fluid delivery conduit includes a conductive wire extending through an interior of the conduit to flow electrostatic discharge to a ground, and a wire extraction fitting covering and sealing a location where the conductive wire passes through a wall of the fluid delivery conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Chad Pollard, Shou-Sung Chang, Haosheng Wu
  • Patent number: 12288939
    Abstract: A plug, an electrical connector and a terminal device are provided. The plug is used for connecting to the terminal device related to a vehicle battery. One end of the plug can adapt to an output port of the terminal device, and the other end of the plug can be connected to the vehicle battery through wires, so that the terminal device can detect or perform charging and discharging operations on the vehicle battery. The plug includes an insulating housing, a first terminal arranged in the insulating housing, and at least a pair of second terminals arranged in the insulating housing. Each pair of second terminals being distributed in central symmetry with the first terminal as the center, and the polarity of the first terminal is the opposite of the polarity of the second terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: AUTEL INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Dengguo Zhang, Yingjun Liu
  • Patent number: 12283781
    Abstract: A ganged connector assembly includes: a housing; a plurality of first coaxial connectors mounted in the housing; a plurality of first coaxial cables, each attached to a respective one of the plurality of first coaxial connectors; and a second coaxial cable electrically connected with a first one of the first coaxial connectors, the second coaxial cable configured to transmit AISG signals to the first one of the first coaxial connectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC
    Inventors: David Smentek, John Brunner, Dale Moore
  • Patent number: 12272911
    Abstract: A power adapting device includes an upper housing, a power conversion module, and a lower housing. The upper housing comprises a first slot and a second slot. A first power adapter interface is disposed at a bottom of the first slot. A second power adapter interface is disposed at a bottom of the second slot. The first power adapter interface conducts an AC power signal to an external device. The second power adapter interface conducts a DC power signal to an external device. The power conversion module converts the AC power signal into the DC power signal and to transmit the converted DC power signal to the second power adapter interface. The lower housing covers the power conversion module with the upper housing. The lower housing includes a cable transfer interface for transmitting the external power supply to the first power adapter interface or the power conversion module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Energy Full Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Hsu-Shen Chin
  • Patent number: 12261385
    Abstract: Power connector systems that can have an asymmetric insertion-to-extraction force ratio such that they are easy to mate and can reliably remain connected during use. The power connector systems can have a low-profile for use in thin electronic devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Mahmoud R. Amini, Deep Karpe, James M. Jeon, Richard P. Howarth, Rui Zhou, Unhyi Yang
  • Patent number: 12256779
    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 1, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Rui Nuno Batista, Stephane Antony Hedarchet
  • Patent number: 12249790
    Abstract: A plug-in connector element with a locking device (14) for releasably locking on a plug partner (12), wherein the locking device has a plurality of locking hooks (16, 18) which are distributed on the circumference of a main body (10) and which are detented at a front end in the plug-in direction and are pivotable in a radial direction between a locking position and a release position, characterized in that the locking hooks (16, 18) are designed as structural parts which are separated from each other and from the main body (10) and which are mounted on the main body such that they are each tiltable about an axis running at right angles to the insertion direction and at right angles to the radial direction, and which, at the end opposite the detent, are each supported resiliently on the main body in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: HARTING Electric Stiftung & Co. KG
    Inventor: Marian Benzin
  • Patent number: 12249785
    Abstract: A retainer includes a main body having a top wall, a first side wall, a second side wall spaced opposite the first side wall, a front wall, and a rear wall spaced opposite the front wall along a longitudinal axis. The walls define an interior cavity sized and shaped to receive an accessory plug. The front wall defines a front opening that extends into the interior cavity and is sized and shaped to receive a portion of a cable. The front wall also includes a first hook and a second hook each positioned below the front opening. The rear wall includes a third hook extending forward into the interior cavity. The retainer is moved forward linearly, and parallel to the longitudinal axis, to secure the hooks to a portable communications device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Wan Mohd Ariff Wan Sulaiman, Cheah Chan Kee, Beng Kwang Tan
  • Patent number: 12249786
    Abstract: Provided is a connector mounting member that can be fixed to a vehicle body so as to generate no abnormal sound and that can stably hold various kinds of connectors. The connector mounting member includes a holding portion configured to hold a connector attached to an end of a long wire portion; and a mounting portion configured to mount the connector mounting member to a predetermined counterpart component. The holding portion includes a frame, opposing elastic portions that press-hold the connector therebetween, and opposing positioning portions that press-hold therebetween the wire portion extending from the connector on at least one opening side of the frame and that are less easily deformed than the opposing elastic portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: DAIWA KASEI INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuhisa Hirota
  • Patent number: 12244981
    Abstract: Each of the opposite ends of a patch cord carries a connector (20), wherein the identifier device (ID) has a body (30) in a ā€œUā€ shape, having a basic leg (31) to be seated against an upper face (21) of the connector (20) and provided with an outwardly facing housing (33) and with at least one projection (34) facing inwardly of the body (30) and to be fitted inside of a crimping cavity (25) of the connector (20), the body (30) further having two side legs (32) than can be seated against respective opposite side faces (22) of the connector (20) and incorporating an inner end tooth (35) to be seated against the lower face (23) of the connector (20); an identifier tag (40) positioned on the housing (33); and a cover (50) closing the housing (33) and retaining the identifier tag (40) within the latter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC LATAM S.A.
    Inventor: Nicolas Chung
  • Patent number: 12237600
    Abstract: A receptacle assembly includes: a receptacle connector for mounting to a printed circuit board; a holder mounted atop the receptacle connector; and a cage enclosing the receptacle connector and the holder, the cage having a main cage body and a cage top detachably secured to a rear portion of the main cage body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignees: FOXCONN (KUNSHAN) COMPUTER CONNECTOR CO., LTD., FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventor: Terrance F. Little
  • Patent number: 12237628
    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: January 18, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC
    Inventor: Jeffrey D. Paynter
  • Patent number: 12237638
    Abstract: Resonance between outer conductors is prevented. A connector includes: a plurality of shield terminals each having an inner conductor surrounded by an outer conductor; and a resonance restriction member that restricts resonance between the shield terminals by connecting the outer conductors to each other and holding the outer conductors at the same potential. Resonance between the shield terminals can be prevented by preventing a potential difference from being generated between the outer conductors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yorikazu Murabayashi, Suguru Yamagishi
  • Patent number: 12237612
    Abstract: An electrical plug includes a plug housing having a first plug housing section with a longitudinal axis and a friction brake device including a friction brake part arranged on an outer face of the first plug housing section. The friction brake part is exposed towards an outside in a radial direction to the longitudinal axis. The friction brake device provides a friction braking azimuthally around the longitudinal axis below a set torque threshold value for the electrical plug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Industrial GmbH
    Inventors: Philipp Moncher, Sebastian Achatz, Florian Hartl
  • Patent number: 12230908
    Abstract: In various embodiments, compact connector designs may be provided that have reduced board pitch (e.g., 1.80 mm, 1.50 mm, 1.27 mm, etc.), but are still capable of accommodating large electrical conductors (e.g., 1.4 mm, 1.1 mm, 0.9 mm, etc.). In this manner, PCB footprint may be reduced (e.g., by 50% when a staggered connector configuration is used), while adequate current carrying capacity may be maintained (e.g., 2 A, 3 A, 4 A, etc.). Additionally, or alternatively, one or more other advantages may be achieved, such as ruggedness (e.g., vibration endurance), error proofing, configuration flexibility, ease of manufacturing, ease of assembly, and/or lowered costs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: FCI USA LLC
    Inventors: Aymeric Soudy, Cyril Jeune
  • Patent number: 12224517
    Abstract: An electrical junction box includes a frame body, a rescue terminal portion formed in a rectangular parallelepiped shape in a plan view and including a longitudinal side face, two lateral side faces connected to the longitudinal side face, and an upper face, a resin cover configured to cover the longitudinal side face, the two lateral side faces and the upper face. The resin cover includes a rotary shaft extending along the longitudinal side face and provided on a side where the longitudinal side face is provided and on a base end portion of the rescue terminal portion opposite to the upper face, the resin cover being configured to rotate with respect to the frame body about the rotary shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akinori Nakashima, Hiroki Goto, Takao Nogaki
  • Patent number: 12224522
    Abstract: It is aimed to provide a connector of a novel structure capable of suppressing or preventing the transmission of the swing of a wire to a terminal in a connector. A connector 10 is provided with a housing 16 for accommodating a terminal 12, a back retainer 20 mounted in a rear end part of the housing 16 from which a wire 18 connected to the terminal 12 is pulled out, a wire insertion hole 62 provided in the back retainer 20, and a wire holding piece 72 projecting in a pull-out direction of the wire 18 from a peripheral edge part of the wire insertion hole 62. The wire 18 pulled out from the wire insertion hole 62 is tied and fixed to the wire holding piece 72 by a tying tool 82.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shingo Kobayashi, Sunghyun Byun
  • Patent number: 12224513
    Abstract: A connector device includes a connector housing having a terminal accommodating chamber, a terminal configured to be accommodated in the terminal accommodating chamber, an electric wire configured to be connected to the terminal, a corrosion-proof material to be disposed at a position facing the terminal accommodated in the terminal accommodating chamber and a corrosion-proof target portion of the electric wire, and a corrosion-proof material support portion retaining the corrosion-proof material above the connector housing such that the corrosion-proof material can be moved toward the corrosion-proof target portion. A melting point of the corrosion-proof material is set to be lower than a melting point of a material forming the connector housing, and the corrosion-proof material is configured to be melted and then cured while covering the corrosion-proof target portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Syuji Kimura, Sadaharu Okuda, Terumitsu Sugimoto
  • Patent number: 12224525
    Abstract: A connector and a connector assembly are disclosed. The connector assembly can have: a first connector having a first housing on which a first latch device is formed; and a second connector having a second housing on which a first latch slot and a padlock hole are formed. When the first connector and the second connector are assembled to a pre lock position, the first latch device is locked into the first latch slot and blocked by a padlock locked into the padlock hole to prevent the first connector and the second connector from being further assembled to a final lock position. Therefore, the present invention can reliably prevent the first connector and the second connector from being accidentally matched together and improve the safety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignees: TYCO Electronics Technology (SIP) Ltd., Tyco Electronics (Suzhou) Ltd., Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jianghua Zhu, Jun Zong, Siqi Chen
  • Patent number: 12224521
    Abstract: A system includes a first electrical connector configured to removably couple with a second electrical connector. The first electrical connector includes a housing having an axial opening. The first connector also includes a movable support disposed inside the housing. The movable support includes a first connector portion having a first electrical path with a first radial contact electrically coupled to a first axial contact. The first electrical connector also includes a stationary support disposed inside the housing. The stationary support includes a first mating connector portion having a first mating electrical path with a first mating axial contact coupled to a first electrical cable. The first electrical connector also includes a shuttle pin configured to engage with the second electrical connector through the axial opening in the housing. The shuttle pin is configured to move along a first axial path of travel in a first connection stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: ONESUBSEA IP UK LIMITED
    Inventor: Joseph Allan Nicholson