Patents Examined by Briggitte R. Hammond
  • Cable clamping device for sealed electrical connector and electrical connector
    Patent number: 10985496
    Abstract: A cable clamping device for a housing of a sealed electrical connector comprises a grid having an orifice adapted to receive a cable and clamp the cable in the orifice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics France SAS
    Inventor: Olivier Pamart
  • Board to board connector
    Patent number: 10971846
    Abstract: A board to board connector may include: a support including: a circumference part having an internal space of which a top and a bottom are open; one or more first protruding parts protruding outward from the top of the circumference part in an obliquely upward direction; and one or more first fixing parts protruding from the bottom of the circumference part; a terminal including: a body having an internal space of which a top and a bottom are open; a second protruding part protruding from the top of the body in an obliquely upward direction; and one or more second fixing parts protruding from the bottom of the body, and disposed on the inside of the circumference part of the support; and an insulating part formed between an inner circumferential surface of the circumference part of the support and an outer circumferential surface of the body of the terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: MPD Corp.
    Inventors: Hyun-Hwa So, Hyun-Cheul Na
  • Cable connector having crimp structure
    Patent number: 10971862
    Abstract: When a swaging portion (71) of one shell (60) is swaged to a cable (5), even in a case where a main body (42) of the other shell (40) receives tensile force through a sandwiching portion (43) sandwiched between the swaging portion (71) and the cable (5), the risk of pulling the main body (42) of the other shell itself is reduced, and deformation and damage of the other shell (40) are prevented. A cable connector includes a housing (20) configured to hold one end of a cable (5) and a first shell (60) and a second shell (40) including main bodies covering at least a portion of the housing (20). The first shell (60) has a swaging portion (71) to be swaged to the cable (50). The second shell (40) has a sandwiching portion (43) to be swaged together with the cable by the swaging portion (71) with the sandwiching portion being sandwiched between the swaging portion (71) and the cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: HIROSE ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichi Naganuma, Tadashi Sakaizawa, Yusuke Sakoda, Shingo Chamura
  • Board with terminal
    Patent number: 10965046
    Abstract: A terminal 20 includes a terminal connection portion 21 connected to a counterpart terminal and a board connection portion 24 connected to a conductive path 13 of a board 11. The board connection portion 24 has a plate shape portion 25 that is a plate shape. The plate shape portion is disposed behind the terminal connection portion 21 and is soldered to the conductive path 13 of the board 11. The board connection portion has a plate-shape first projection walls 28A to 28D that are bent from edge portions of a lateral direction side of the plate shape portion 25 and that project to an opposite side to the board 11 side. The plate shape portion 25 and the first projection walls 28A to 28D have a plating layer 37 that is formed on a plate surface of the plate shape portion and the first projection walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Printed Circuits, Inc.
    Inventors: Takanobu Shimada, Hiroki Hirai, Jyunichi Ono, Yoshio Oka, Yoshifumi Uchita, Yoshiro Adachi
  • Remote racking device for bus plug
    Patent number: 10965072
    Abstract: A power distribution system includes a busway and a bus plug. A mechanical assembly rotatably mounts the bus plug relative to the busway. The system includes a remote racking device including a mechanism having a first mechanical component coupled to the bus plug and a second mechanical component coupled to the busway. The remote racking device rotates the bus plug relative to the busway about a rotation axis defined by the mechanical assembly based on mechanical interaction of the first mechanical component and the second mechanical component. Methods of connecting and disconnecting a bus plug relative to a busway with a remote racking device are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED
    Inventors: Kundan Deore, Gordon Pettersen, Shrikant Machale
  • Terminal block
    Patent number: 10944188
    Abstract: A terminal block includes a display-use moveable member which has a main body portion that can reciprocate in the direction intersecting a terminal connection surface and a contact moveable portion that extends along a guide surface, has a first end portion in an extension direction that is disposed so as to come into contact with a conductor portion in an electric wire passage portion and move in a first direction away from the terminal connection surface, and has a second end portion in the extension direction that is connected to the main body portion, and moves in an array direction in response to movement of the first end portion in the first direction to move the main body portion in a second direction toward the terminal connection surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro Ono, Masato Matoba, Kiyotaka Hashimoto, Taijiro Fujiwara, Hirokazu Hoshino, Masao Nagase, Masami Nishida
  • Outer conductor arrangement
    Patent number: 10944218
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an outer conductor arrangement for a connector, having an outer conductor base body and an outer conductor ring, wherein the outer conductor base body has a plurality of contact lugs, wherein the outer conductor ring is mounted on an interface-side end of the outer conductor base body, has at least one protrusion or recess and has a closed structure, wherein the outer conductor ring is designed to protect the contact lugs from mechanical force influences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: ROSENBERGER HOCHFREQUENZTECHNIK GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Thomas Lödding
  • Miniature, low-pitch coaxial microwave connector, intended in particular to link two printed circuit boards to one another
    Patent number: 10944193
    Abstract: A coaxial microwave connector, intended to link two printed circuit boards (PCBs) to one another, of central axis (X) comprising: two connection elements each with a central contact and a ground contact, the ground and central contacts of the second element being free to be displaced, along the axis (X), relative to those of the first element, between a configuration of disconnection, and a configuration of connection in which the elements are intended to establish an electrical ground and central contact between the two PCBs; and at least one flexible electrically insulating washer, which both allows the coaxial mechanical holding between each central contact inside the ground contact of the first or of the second connection element, and makes it possible to establish a mechanical pressure between the end of the central contact and one of the two PCBs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: RADIALL SA
    Inventors: Christophe Meynier, Laurent Petit
  • Electric plug-in connector having a plugging cycle counter
    Patent number: 10938165
    Abstract: An electric plug-in connector comprising: an electric contact structure accommodated in an enclosure; and a plugging cycle counter including a piezoelectric sensor mechanically connected to the contact structure and/or to the enclosure. The piezoelectric sensor senses joining of the electric contact structure to a corresponding electric contact structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Frank-Peter Schiefelbein, Christian Wegener
  • Gasket for receptacle cage
    Patent number: 10939594
    Abstract: A receptacle cage includes cage walls extending between a front end and a rear end including a top wall and side walls forming a module channel receiving a pluggable module. The receptacle cage includes a gasket at the front end having EMI springs electrically connected to the cage walls. Each EMI spring has a deflectable portion between a base and a distal end. The distal end is split with a first end beam and a second end beam at the distal end separated by a gap. The deflectable portion is spaced apart from the cage wall and is deflectable toward the cage wall. Each EMI spring has first and second side edges between the base and the distal end. The EMI springs are arranged side-by-side without gaps between adjacent EMI springs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Richard James Long, Alex Michael Sharf, Steven David Dunwoody
  • Circuit device
    Patent number: 10931046
    Abstract: An ECU (1) includes a circuit board (10), a connector (20) fixed to the circuit board (10), and a resin portion (50) covering the circuit board (10) and the connector (20). The connector (20) includes a connector housing (21) having a terminal holding wall (22) that separates the internal space from the external space, and terminal fittings (41) extend through the terminal holding wall (22). The connector housing (21) includes a surrounding wall (27) disposed on the lateral surface of the terminal holding wall (22) to surround the terminal fittings (41). A potting material (28) is disposed inside the surrounding wall (27) and separates the terminal holding wall (22) from the resin portion (50). This can prevent a melted resin from entering a hood (24) through press fitting holes (23) at the time of forming the resin portion (50) by mold forming.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Inventors: Hirokazu Komori, Hisashi Sawada, Naomichi Kawashima, Hirokazu Eguchi
  • Terminal block with sealing terminal lug
    Patent number: 10923837
    Abstract: A terminal block includes a housing having sidewalls defining a cavity. One of the sidewalls defines a hole opening into the cavity. A conductor is supported in the cavity and is configured to electrically connect with an inverter. A terminal lug extends through the hole. The terminal lug includes a body having a first end disposed in the cavity and attached to the conductor and a second end external to the cavity and configured to attach to a terminal lead of an electric machine. The terminal lug further includes a support integrally formed with the body and disposed between the first and second ends to be located within the hole. A sealing member is attached to the support and is in sealing engagement with the hole to prevent fluid from entering the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Siraj Siddiqui, Casey Taylor Dunn
  • Connector fitting body
    Patent number: 10916883
    Abstract: A connector fitting body (1) is formed by tightening a bolt (4) arranged in a collar (6) of a first housing (2) into a nut (5) of a second housing (3). The bolt (4) includes a head (41) to contact an end surface of the collar (6) and a shaft. A base portion (42) of the shaft is linked coaxially to a tip side of the head (41), and a tip portion (43) of the shaft is linked coaxially to the base portion (42) of the shaft. An inner peripheral surface of the collar (6) has a base end inner peripheral surface (61) with the base portion (42) of the shaft arranged thereon and a tip inner peripheral surface (62) having a smaller inner diameter than the base end inner peripheral surface (61) and having the tip portion (43) of the shaft arranged thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Inventor: Hiroki Yamada
  • Electrical connector device
    Patent number: 10897097
    Abstract: For miniaturization in a connector width direction in a configuration in which a shield shell is arranged at a position outside a contact member, a configuration is adopted in which when a ground connection section protrudes outward in the connector width direction from a first shield shell arranged outside the connector width direction of a first contact member in a first connector, an inner end surface of the ground connection section at the time of fitting between both the connectors is arranged within a range of a plate width of a second shield shell, to arrange the first shield shell inside the connector width direction of the ground connection section and arrange a second shield shell arranged outside the connector width direction of the first shield shell more inside the connector than a conventional example at the time of fitting both the connectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: DAI-ICHI SEIKO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takeshi Hirakawa
  • Connector
    Patent number: 10897100
    Abstract: A connector includes a housing and a holder. The housing includes a terminal housing chamber housing a terminals and a support portion in which a first locking portion for locking the holder in the temporary locking position is formed. The holder is mounted on the housing so as to be movable in a fitting direction of the housing and a mating housing between a temporary locking position and a main locking position. The holder is configured to be immovable from the temporary locking position to the main locking position when the terminal inserted into the terminal housing chamber is in a halfway insertion position and is configured to be movable from the temporary locking position to the main locking position when the terminal is in a normal insertion position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kaoru Sawairi
  • High speed hot shoe
    Patent number: 10886646
    Abstract: A hot shoe interface system for transmitting high speed data includes a hot shoe portion including a first set of electrical contacts configured to receive high speed data from a first device. A second set of electrical contacts is configured to receive a power signal and a third set of electrical contacts is configured to receive low speed data from the first device. A first set of optical terminals is configured to receive optical data from the first device. A hot shoe receiver further includes a fourth set of electrical contacts configured to provide the high speed data to a second device. A fifth set of electrical contacts is configured to receive the power signal and a sixth set of electrical contacts is configured to provide the high speed data to the second device. A second set of optical terminals is configured to transmit optical data to the second device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Wilcox Industries Corp.
    Inventors: Dominic R. Goupil, Ned A. Dalzell
  • Cable connector and connector assembly
    Patent number: 10886649
    Abstract: A cable connector includes a cable-end insulating main body, a cable-end conductive terminal group provided inside the cable-end insulating main body, a cable electrically connected to the cable-end conductive terminal group, and a buckle installed above the cable-end insulating main body. The cable-end insulating main body includes a main body portion, an insertion portion formed by extending forward from the main body portion, and a buckle portion formed by extending upward and forward from an upper surface of the main body portion. A buckle slot is provided on the top of the buckle portion, the buckle is installed in the buckle slot, a first plug slot is provided in the insertion portion, the cable-end conductive terminal group is provided in the first plug slot, and a first limit slot is provided between a portion of the buckle portion extending out the main body portion and the insertion portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Amphenol AssembleTech(Xiamen) Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Wenchu Yang, Hui Tang, Yinghao Ke, Zhenxing Liu, Hang Li
  • Connector and connector housing
    Patent number: 10886654
    Abstract: A connector having a housing having a receiving passage formed therein. A terminal inserted in an insertion direction and mounted in the receiving passage. Wherein a limiting protrusion is on a wall of the receiving passage, and configured to be abutted against the terminal retaining a portion of the terminal outside the receiving passage, when the terminal is pre-inserted into the receiving passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignees: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., TE Connectivity India Private Limited
    Inventors: Lei Pan, Pai Rajendra, Tongbao Ding
  • Electrical connector
    Patent number: 10873144
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a plurality of conductive terminals, an insulating housing that holds the plurality of conductive terminals and that has an accommodating portion to accommodate a flexible printed circuit provided with a plurality of connection terminal portions electrically connected to the plurality of conductive terminals. A metallic reinforcing portion is located in an upper wall portion of a main body portion of the housing that partitions the accommodating portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Shimada, Hirotake Kaneko
  • Electrical plug and adapter with retractable prongs
    Patent number: 10862238
    Abstract: An electrical plug or power adapter is described which includes a housing and a plurality of retractable prongs forming at least one retractable prong set. The prongs of each prong set are rotatable simultaneously between a retracted position in which the prongs are positioned within the housing and a deployed position in which the prongs extend out of the housing to be inserted into an electrical outlet. The electrical plug or adapter includes at least one gear-based driving mechanism coupled to a corresponding retractable prong set for driving the simultaneous rotation of the prongs of the prong set. The gear-based driving mechanism includes a driver accessible from the housing for actuation of the corresponding gear-based driving mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Cable Gear Holdings LLC
    Inventor: Faruq Syed Hasan