Patents Examined by Briggitte R. Hammond
  • Patent number: 11670434
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a wiring harness assembly includes the steps of forming a plurality of electrically conductive wires encased within a substrate formed of a dielectric material, forming an opening in the substrate located and sized such that a section of the plurality of electrically conductive wires is exposed within the opening, disposing a support segment within the opening, securing a connector segment including a plurality of terminals to the support segment, and placing the plurality of terminals in mechanical and electrical contact with the plurality of electrically conductive wires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: APTIV TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventors: Jared Bilas, David R. Peterson, Kurt P. Seifert, Christopher G. Reider, Doyeon Y. Sohn, Gerald A. Rhinehart, Jr., Therese G. Stevens, George A. Drew, John T. Kightlinger
  • Patent number: 11664619
    Abstract: An interposer includes a housing having a plurality of through-holes penetrating a first surface and a second surface and a signal contact pair composed of a pair of signal contacts. Each of the signal contacts includes a base portion press-fitted in one of the through-holes, a first contact beam extending from the base portion beyond the first surface, and a second contact beam extending from the base portion beyond the second surface. The pair of signal contacts are positioned adjacently to each other widthwise and are each asymmetrical with respect to a width direction. The signal contact pair has a plane-symmetrical shape with respect to the width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventors: Shinichi Hashimoto, Hiroshi Shirai, Masayuki Aizawa
  • Patent number: 11664616
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electrical connector (2) including a connector body (20), which includes at least one accommodation (21), and at least two electrical connecting organs (22, 22?), which each include at least one internal section (220, 220?) extending inside said at least one accommodation (21). This electrical connector (2) is characterized in that it includes electrical insulating means (23), which have a tracking resistance index, CTI, higher than 600, which are located at least inside said at least one accommodation (21), which surround at least the internal section (220, 220?) of the at least two electrical connecting organs (22, 22?), and which extend at least over the internal section (220, 220?) of the at least two electrical connecting organs (22, 22?).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: AMPHENOL-AIR LB
    Inventor: Gaspard Cayzac
  • Patent number: 11664629
    Abstract: Assembly comprising a cable having at least two signal wires, and a connector connected to the shielded cable, wherein the connector comprises at least two elongated inner signal contacts each connected to a wire of the cable, wherein the connector comprises a shielding portion formed of an inner shield and an outer shield, and wherein the inner shield at least approximately completely surrounds the wires of the cable and the outer shield at least partially surrounds the inner shield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: APTIV TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventor: Gert Droesbeke
  • Patent number: 11658446
    Abstract: A relay connector connects a plurality of front female terminals that are fitted from a front side in a front-rear direction and a plurality of rear female terminals that are fitted from a rear side in the front-rear direction together. The relay connector includes a housing and a busbar. The housing includes a front insertion recess portion, a rear insertion recess portion, an intermediate wall portion, and a busbar holding portion disposed at the intermediate wall portion. The busbar includes a base portion, a rear tab, an extension portion extending from the base portion to the same side in an up-down direction, and a front tab extending from an extension end of the extension portion to the front-insertion-recess-portion side. The rear tab includes a rear held portion adjacent to the base portion and a rear male terminal portion housed in the rear insertion recess portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: J.S.T. MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shozaburo Koyama, Yuto Mantani
  • Patent number: 11658426
    Abstract: An Insulation Displacement Contact Compliant connector system (IDCC) which includes a housing, header pins, and a Printed Circuit Board (PCB). Each header pin has at least a single barb to be retained into the housing. Each pin has a blade for contacting a wire. A compliant feature on the pin retains itself into holes in the PCB. The housing has a negative space similarly shaped to the pin. The housing includes a strain relief which provides a lead-in for a wire. When the system is fully assembled, the pins reside in the housing, and exit through the housing and into and through respective holes in the PCB. A wire can be inserted into the housing once the pins reside in the housing. There are several options for the assembly process including a) a pin-to-housing insertion process; b) a housing assembly-to-PCB process or a connector-to-PCB process; and c) a wired housing assembly-to-PCB assembly process or a wire harness-to-PCB assembly process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: J.S.T. CORPORATION
    Inventors: Joseph Txarola, Gwendolyn Upson, Ping Chen
  • Patent number: 11646529
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a charging gun including a cable, an outer casing and a strain relief structure. The outer casing includes a first case and a second case, wherein the first case is detachably assembled with the second case. The strain relief structure includes a first portion, a second portion and a plurality of first ring-shaped protrusions. The first portion is detachably assembled with the second portion, the first portion is disposed on the first housing, and the second portion is disposed on the second housing. When the first case is assembled and connected with the second case, the first portion is assembled and connected with the second portion, and at least a part of a surface of the cable is covered by the strain relief structure, and the strain relief structure is clamped between the cable and the outer casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Chia-Yang Liu, Hung-Sheng Hsieh
  • Patent number: 11637392
    Abstract: An electrical mating system can include a first connector having a plurality of first contacts, and a second connector having a plurality of second contacts. Each one of the first contacts can pair with one of the second contacts so that they provide electrical conduction between pairs of contacts when the first connector is properly mated to the second connector. At least one of the first contacts or first connector and/or one of the second contacts and the second connector can be sized and configured such that an open circuit occurs across a specific one of the pairs of contacts when the first connector is improperly mated to the second connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Lon R. Hoegberg, Brennan Fox
  • Patent number: 11635196
    Abstract: Disclosed are a lamp adapter including a shell and a polar socket component for splicing and electrically connecting two adjacent lamps. The polar socket component is disposed in the shell, and a male head and a female head of the polar socket component are positioned on a first side of the shell and a second side of the shell, respectively; the first side and the second side are positioned on two sides in an X-axis direction or two sides in a Y-axis direction of the shell. According to the present invention, two adjacent lamps are electrically connected with neat appearance, improved safety, and a stable structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Shenzhen Full Information Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shifu Chen, Weiwei Lin
  • Patent number: 11637399
    Abstract: A connector combination structure is provided. The connector combination structure includes a first connector and a second connector. The first connector includes a first joint and at least one wedging portion. The second connector includes a housing, a second joint and at least one wedging arm. The second joint and the wedging arm are disposed in the housing. The wedging arm is adapted to be rotated between a first arm position and a second arm position. The first joint is adapted to be inserted into the housing to be connected to the second joint. When the wedging arm is located in the first arm position, the wedging arm is adapted to wedge the wedging portion. When the wedging arm is in the second arm position, the wedging arm is adapted to release the wedging portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: WISTRON NEWEB CORP.
    Inventors: Che-Min Lin, Po-Nien Ko, Yi-Chieh Wang, Po-Wen Wang
  • Patent number: 11626701
    Abstract: The present invention provides a coaxial connector that realizes a high frequency signal flowing through a contact in a high frequency band. A coaxial connector includes a three-point contact, a housing including a first and a second connection base, and a shell including a cylindrical portion accommodating the first connection base and an extension portion covering one opening of the cylindrical portion with a bottom plate piece and accommodating the second connection base. The bottom plate piece includes an inclined surface having a higher side on the base end portion of the metal plate and a lower side on the tip end side of the metal plate. The distance between the metal plate of the contact and the bottom surface of the shell which are isolated by an insulating material of the housing is configured to become identical between the tip end side and the base end side of the contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: J.S.T. MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichi Koga, Akihiko Otsu
  • Patent number: 11626672
    Abstract: A battery clamp having a first inner metal battery clamp member having a handle portion and a clamp portion, a second inner metal battery clamp member having a handle portion and a clamp portion, a first outer insulating battery clamp member having a handle portion and a clamp portion connected to the first inner metal battery clamp, and a second outer insulating battery clamp member having a handle portion and a clamp portion connected to the second inner metal battery clamp. The first inner metal battery clamp member and/or the second inner metal battery clamp member having a battery cable connector configured to allow a user to access the battery cable connector with the user's fingers or a tool while avoiding interference with the handle portions of the battery clamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: The NOCO Company
    Inventors: Jonathan Lewis Nook, William Knight Nook, Sr., James Richard Stanfield, Derek Michael Underhill
  • Patent number: 11623532
    Abstract: A holding assembly for holding an electrical charging device includes: a base plate having an upper side and at least one latching hook which extends from the upper side of the base plate and which latches with a latching contour of the charging device; and a securing frame which is attached to the base plate so as to be movable between a first position and a second position and clamps the latching hook in an open state in the first position and to secure the latching hook in a closed state in the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: PHOENIX CONTACT E-MOBILITY GMBH
    Inventors: Ralf Feldner, Carsten Garth, Kai Schlueter
  • Patent number: 11621506
    Abstract: A battery clamp having a first inner metal battery clamp member having a handle portion and a clamp portion, a second inner metal battery clamp member having a handle portion and a clamp portion, a first outer insulating battery clamp member having a handle portion and a clamp portion connected to the first inner metal battery clamp, and a second outer insulating battery clamp member having a handle portion and a clamp portion connected to the second inner metal battery clamp. The first inner metal battery clamp member and/or the second inner metal battery clamp member having an inclined connection plate for connection with a battery cable, the inclined connect plate configured to allow a user to access the inclined access plate with a tool while avoiding interference with the handle portions of the battery clamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: The NOCO Company
    Inventors: Jonathan Lewis Nook, William Knight Nook, Sr., James Richard Stanfield, Derek Michael Underhill
  • Patent number: 11616326
    Abstract: A connector keying system includes at least one keying device including a flange portion and a keying portion. The flange portion includes a front surface and a back surface. Each of the front surface and the back surface extend substantially parallel to a flange plane. The flange portion further includes a connector aperture extending through the flange portion. The keying portion extends around an aperture perimeter of the connector aperture and projects outward from the flange portion. The keying portion includes and extends between a first key end located at the front surface and a second key end opposite the first key end. The second key end defines a keying perimeter about the connector aperture. The keying portion has a height between the first key end and the second key end and the height is inconsistent between the first key end and the second key end along the keying perimeter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Cody L. Wall, Dale O. Widmer
  • Patent number: 11616325
    Abstract: A low intermodulation radiofrequency coaxial connector includes a first outer conductor and a second outer conductor matching the first outer conductor; a contact ring is provided between the first outer conductor and the second outer conductor, and the first outer conductor is elastically in contact with the second outer conductor through the contact ring. The radiofrequency coaxial connector can effectively suppress a nonlinear effect when radiofrequency signals are interconnected and ensure critical performance indicators such as low intermodulation for a radiofrequency interconnection. The low intermodulation contact ring in the radiofrequency coaxial connector is formed by connecting a head portion to a tail portion of a flexible metal material when punch molded, and has a simple structure, a reliable connection, a good workmanship, is easy to assemble, and is inexpensive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: RESEARCH ON ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES OF SHANGHAI ASTRONAUTICS
    Inventors: Shunqun Xiao, Xiujuan Kuang
  • Patent number: 11616332
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing, a removable connector comprising a base portion and an upper portion on the base portion, and a recess in the housing accommodating at least part of a removable connector, wherein at least part of the base portion is positioned in the recess. The upper portion of the removable connector comprises a male connecting element for connecting to a second electronic device. The electronic device further includes a battery configured for charging a battery of the second electronic device via the removable connector when at least the part of the base portion is positioned in the recess, and the male connecting element is coupled to the second electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Inventor: Marios Georgiades
  • Patent number: 11617271
    Abstract: A circuit arrangement (1), in particular for an electrically driven motor vehicle, has at least one bus bar (5) which is connected electrically to a supplier (2) and which is connected to a first consumer (3) at a first transfer point (6) and to a second consumer (4) at a second transfer point (7). Both the first and the second transfer point (6, 7) are formed as flexible contact points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: VALEO SIEMENS EAUTOMOTIVE GERMANY GMBH
    Inventors: Markus Eichner, Christoph Heumann, Christoph Hoyler, Alex Mueller
  • Patent number: 11611172
    Abstract: A novel busbar, suitable for low-power applications, features a u-shaped extension having a male terminal that fits into and establishes electrical connection with a standard female terminal. The housing of an electrical box including the busbar is modified to receive the female terminal in such a way that Ingress Protection ratings of IP67 and IP69K are maintained within the electrical box. The busbar is not riveted to a thicker busbar terminating with a stud and lug nut, as in legacy configurations, thus being simpler and cheaper to manufacture. The female terminal, once connected to the busbar, is removable by inserting a tool into a dedicated opening within the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Littelfuse, Inc.
    Inventors: Dave G. Kotowski, Michael J. Skrzypczak
  • Patent number: 11611164
    Abstract: A wide bandwidth signal connector plug, comprising a plurality of signal pins having a first anchor portion and a first mating portion, and a plurality of ground pins having a second anchor portion and a second mating portion. The plurality of ground pins is adjacent to the plurality of signal pins. The plurality of signal pins has a first thickness and the plurality of ground pins has a second thickness that is greater than the first thickness. The first anchor portion has a first width and the second anchor portion has a second width that is greater than the first width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Zhenguo Jiang, Omkar Karhade, Sri Chaitra Chavali, William Lambert, Zhichao Zhang, Mitul Modi