Patents Examined by Briggitte R. Hammond
  • Patent number: 11108188
    Abstract: A connector 10 includes a first connector 11 including a first connector housing 20 provided with a receptacle 23 having an opening 23A on one end side and configured to accommodate a first terminal fitting 13 on a back end of the receptacle 23, and a second connector 15 to be connected to the first connector 11.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Inventor: Tsutomu Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 11101596
    Abstract: A radio frequency connector includes an outer shell, a connector and a waterproof gasket. The outer shell is provided with partition walls opposite to each other and convex structures protruding toward the partition walls. The first side of the connector is provided with a plurality of plug terminals. The waterproof gasket is disposed surrounding all the plug terminals. When the connector is accommodated in the outer shell, the plug terminal is received corresponding to the through hole of the partition wall. The convex structures abut the second side opposite to the first side to push the connector toward the partition wall for reducing the distance between the first side and the partition wall. Thus, the waterproof gasket can be tightly sandwiched between the first side and the partition wall to enhance the waterproof effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: GRAND-TEK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yu-Wei Lin
  • Patent number: 11095062
    Abstract: A connector assembly includes a system connector having a system housing and a system bracket coupled with the system housing. The system bracket includes plural system power contact receptors that receive plural system power contacts. The plural system power contacts are separate from each other by one or more extensions coupled with the system bracket. A module connector is coupled with the system connector. The module connector includes a module housing and a module bracket coupled with the module housing. The module bracket includes plural module power contact receptors that receive plural module power contacts. Each of the plural module power contacts are separated from each other by one or more extensions coupled with the module bracket. Each of the plural system power contacts of the system bracket are configured to mate with one of the plural module power contacts of the module bracket as plural power contact assemblies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: WESTINGHOUSE AIR BRAKE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jeffrey Alan Thomas, Richard James Zajkowski, Greg Badders, Neil Bradley, Jacob Pressman
  • Patent number: 11095080
    Abstract: A multifunctional power board includes a housing, a power supply assembly and a data line assembly arranged in the housing, the housing includes a base and a convex connecting portion connected to the base, the connecting portion is provided with a plurality of sockets spaced apart, the data line assembly includes a data line and a winding mechanism, one end of the data line is wound on the winding mechanism, and the other end of the data line is exposed to the exterior of the housing, the power supply assembly includes a power cord and a wiring base, the socket, the data line and the power cord are all electrically connected to the wiring base. Both the data line assembly and the socket are powered by the wiring base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Jiande Hunlee Electrical Appliance Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jianjun Chen, Huaqin Huang
  • Patent number: 11095072
    Abstract: A connector is provided for attachment to a coaxial cable. The connector includes, in one embodiment, a body and a compression ring. The body has a cable receiving end being configured to receive the end of the coaxial cable. The compression ring includes a forward sleeve portion and a rearward outer ring portion attached to one another by a plurality of tabs. The forward sleeve portion is configured to couple to the cable receiving end of the body. The plurality of tabs are configured to shear so as to separate the rearward outer ring portion from the forward sleeve portion when a torque for rotating the compression ring relative to the body exceeds a desired torque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: PPC BROADBAND, INC.
    Inventors: Harold J. Watkins, Richard Maroney, Steve Stankovski, Chris Shyne, Amos McKinnon
  • Patent number: 11088485
    Abstract: A connector including a terminal having a flat facing surface facing a mating terminal of a mating connector; a resilient conductor provided to contact the facing surface, the resilient conductor being capable of contacting the mating terminal while being resiliently deformed in a direction orthogonal to the facing surface, the terminal being electrically connectable to the mating terminal via the resilient conductor, and a movable protecting body configured to be movable between a protection position that covers the facing surface on a front side in an assembling direction toward the mating terminal and a retracted position closer to the facing surface than the protection position, the movable protecting body including an insertion opening into which the resilient conductor is inserted at the retracted position, the resilient conductor projecting from the insertion opening being capable of contacting the mating terminal with the movable protecting body held at the retracted position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Yuya Tsukamoto
  • Patent number: 11088475
    Abstract: The described devices and methods facilitate optimal control of contact surfaces for Flat Flexible Cable (FFC) connectors, especially of a Zero-Insertion-Force (ZIF) format. Terminal alignment guides, in the form of edge supports added to the terminal base of the primary conductor of the described Self-Aligned Connector, prevent slippage from side to side as a ZIF connector applies force to press its receptacle pins against the terminals of the FFC, thereby reducing wear of the connections. Flared ends of the conductor tails prevent misalignment of multi-terminal connectors. End stops inserted within the FFC connector tails serve to control depth of insertion to facilitate impedance matching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: American Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Nelson Meek, Darrell Eugene Leber, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11081829
    Abstract: A connector includes a housing including a terminal accommodating chamber to accommodate a terminal, and a tubular portion to surround an insertion opening, through which the terminal enters the terminal accommodating chamber, the tubular portion including an opening portion, a water stop member to prevent water from passing through the insertion opening and a holding member to be inserted from the opening portion such that the water stop member is placed between the insertion opening and the holding member, the holding member retaining the water stop member inside the tubular portion. The holding member includes a projection on an outer surface of the holding member toward an inner peripheral surface of the tubular portion at an end portion of the holding member, the end portion is close to the opening portion of the tubular portion when the holding member is fitted in the tubular portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuhide Ikeya
  • Patent number: 11081822
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a substrate that includes a plurality of ground traces at first and second surfaces of the substrate, and a ground coupling assembly that couples pairs of ground traces at each of the first and second surfaces, and further couples the ground traces at the first surface to the ground traces at the second surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Samtec, Inc.
    Inventor: Jonathan E. Buck
  • Patent number: 11081825
    Abstract: A double-pole butting connector has a male connector and a female connector. The male connector has at least one first pole with a first front side and a first back side. The female connector having at least one second pole with a second front side and a second back side. The first pole and the second pole have an identical thickness. The second pole is placed in an insertion groove, and the insertion groove has a positioning strip facing the second back side of the second pole, and the positioning strip makes contact with the second back side with an allowable deformation angle between the positioning strip and the second back side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: AVERTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Austin Lai, Chao-I Chien, Chi-I Lai, Chung-Jen Chang
  • Patent number: 11069998
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulating body, and multiple terminals accommodated therein. Each terminal has a connecting portion, two side portions bending backward and extending from left and right sides of the connecting portion, two extending portions provided opposite to each other and extending downward from the two side portions, and two embracing arms connected to lower ends of the two extending portions. The two embracing arms jointly embrace a solder ball, which has a first vertical central plane in a front-rear direction. The two embracing arms are located on two sides of the first vertical central plane. A distance between the front ends of the two embracing arms is less than a distance between the rear ends of the two embracing arms of each terminal. The front ends of the two embracing arms are attached with solder liquid formed by melting of the solder ball during soldering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: LOTES CO., LTD
    Inventors: Chien Chih Ho, Jun Zhang
  • Patent number: 11063401
    Abstract: A device for achieving a mechanical link and optical and/or electrical and/or fluidic transmission between a first element (E1) and a second element (E2), including: a first connection part designed to be fixed to the first element (E1), a first joining member connected optically and/or electrically and/or in fluidic communication with the first element (E1) and mounted on the first connection part, a second connection part designed to be fixed to the second element (E2), and arranged at least in part between the first connection part and the first joining member and defining a ball joint link between the first and second elements, and a second joining member connected optically and/or electrically and/or in fluidic communication with the second element (E2), arranged in the second connection part, the first and second joining members being configured to allow an optical and/or electrical and/or fluidic transmission from one to the other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Inventor: Sébastien Mallinjoud
  • Patent number: 11063394
    Abstract: A connector includes a base, a transmission interface, a shielding cover and a shielding layer. The base includes a slot. The transmission interface includes a clamping portion and a plugboard. The clamping portion is clamped in the slot and a portion of the plugboard protrudes out of the base. The shielding cover has an accommodation space and a shielding layer. The accommodation space is disposed to accommodate the base and the transmission interface, and the shielding layer is electroplated on an inner side surface of the shielding cover. The shielding cover covers the base and the transmission interface and is disposed to block electromagnetic waves generated by the transmission interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: PEGATRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wei-Chun Tsao, Wei-Hsin Chen
  • Patent number: 11063396
    Abstract: An electrical receptacle providing standard alternating current (AC) power connectors and multiple side-mounted auxiliary ports. Auxiliary ports may include direct current (DC) power delivery means, such as USB ports, and/or unpowered ports, such as audio/visual equipment connectors or network ports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: SHD Smart Home Devices Ltd.
    Inventors: Jean-Louis Iaconis, Jordan Anguelov, Long Fei Zhao, Robert J. B. Taylor
  • Patent number: 11056831
    Abstract: It is aimed to provide a connector capable of ensuring lock reliability. A connector includes a detector allowed to move from a standby position to a detection position after both housings are connected. The detector includes a locking piece to be locked to a lock arm at the standby position before the housings are connected. The lock arm of the housing includes a releasing portion to be pressed at the time of separating the housings, a stopper contactable by the detector having reached the detection position at a position facing the releasing portion, two links linking the releasing portion and the stopper and facing each other, and an insertion hole formed inside the releasing portion, the stopper and the links, the locking piece being inserted into the insertion hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Inventors: Yuma Mamiya, Shinjiro Kida
  • Patent number: 11056823
    Abstract: In an electric connector, a waterproof member having an internal waterproof portion and an external waterproof portion is provided in a main body portion. The internal waterproof portion and the external waterproof portion are integrated. Accordingly, the internal waterproof portion covers exposed portions of an upper contact and a lower contact and prevents water intrusion along the upper contact and the lower contact. In addition, the external waterproof portion prevents water intrusion between the electric connector and an inner wall of an accommodating space of an electronic device by surrounding the entire circumference of the main body portion. Since the internal waterproof portion and the external waterproof portion are integrated in this manner, both internal waterproofing and external waterproofing can be realized with the simple configuration of the single waterproof member in the electric connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Inventors: Sho Suzuki, Atsushi Nara, Takashi Sasaki
  • Patent number: 11050186
    Abstract: A connection structure comprises a cable and a connection object. The cable includes two wires, two coverings and two coupling strips. The coverings cover the wires, respectively. Each of the coupling strips couples the two coverings to each other. The connection object comprises a base portion and a pressing member. The base portion has a catch portion and two side portions. The cable has a pressed section and a rear section located rearward of the pressing member in a front-rear direction (X-direction). The pressed section is sandwiched and pressed between the pressing member and the catch portion in an upper-lower direction (Z-direction) and is located between the two side portions in a lateral direction (Y-direction). In the lateral direction, a distance between the two wires of the pressed section is longer than another distance between the two wires of the rear section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Kentaro Toda
  • Patent number: 11050177
    Abstract: A contact assembly for an electrical connector is provided and generally includes a plurality of first contact bodies and a plurality of second contact bodies. The plurality of first contact bodies include contact surfaces that provide a first contact plane. The plurality of second contact bodies include contact surfaces that provide a second contact plane that is spaced apart from and projecting beyond the first contact plane by a height. The plurality of second contact bodies are elastically deflectable to the first contact plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Maik Schaefer, Helge Schmidt, Harald Kraenzlein
  • Patent number: 11043781
    Abstract: A connector includes a body having a cable receiving end configured to receive the end of the coaxial cable, a coupler configured to be coupled with and to rotate relative to the body, and a compression ring including a forward sleeve portion and a rearward outer ring portion attached to one another by a plurality of tabs. The forward sleeve portion is configured to be coupled to the cable receiving end of the body, and the plurality of tabs are configured to shear so as to separate the rearward outer ring portion from the forward sleeve portion when a torque for rotating the compression ring relative to the body exceeds a desired torque. The rearward outer ring includes an inner opening when separated from the forward sleeve portion, the separated rearward outer ring is configured to be slidingly moved relative to the body and the coupler, and the inner opening is configured to fit over the coupler such that the rearward outer ring is configured to be a torque assist member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: PPC BROADBAND, INC.
    Inventors: Harold J. Watkins, Richard Maroney, Steve Stankovski, Chris Shyne, Amos Mckinnon
  • Patent number: 11043771
    Abstract: A connector (10) includes a first terminal (62) and a second terminal (32), and a first holding portion (72) and a second holding portion (42) configured to coat around the first terminal (62) and the second terminal (32) with resin. The first holding portion (72) and the second holding portion (42) are stacked one over the other in the height direction. The first terminal (62) has an exposed surface (62H) exposed on a resin surface of the first holding portion (72). The second holding portion (42) covers the exposed surface (62H) of the first terminal (62) while being stacked on or below the first holding portion (72).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Inventor: Koji Shinoda