Patents Examined by Briggitte R. Hammond
  • 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
  • Patent number: 11602166
    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: September 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Rui Nuno Batista, Stephane Antony Hedarchet
  • Patent number: 11605923
    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: October 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventor: Jeffrey D. Paynter
  • Patent number: 11594836
    Abstract: A modular plug system including a plug housing including a top surface, bottom surface and two opposing side surfaces, a front end and an opening opposite the front end, and a cavity extending from the front end to the opening in the back end, a load bar sized to engage the cavity in the modular plug, the load bar including two extensions on an upper surface of the load bar, the extensions sized to engage two openings in the top surface of the plug housing when the load bar is inserted into the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Sentinel Connector Systems,, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Brennan, Randy Schwartz
  • Patent number: 11594842
    Abstract: Retention assemblies for retaining a first end of an electrical cord in engagement with an electrical outlet are described that include an adapter with a housing having a cylindrical plug portion and retention members that extend radially outwardly from the cylindrical plug portion of the housing to engage a sidewall of the electrical outlet and cause the adapter to resist removal from the electrical outlet. The retention assemblies further include a retention housing that is configured to couple to the adapter, where the retention housing includes one or more walls that define a back opening, a front opening, and an interior sized to receive the first end of the electrical cord. The front opening includes a portion having a dimension smaller than a dimension of the first end to thereby retain the first end within the retention housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Inventor: Keith Cyzen
  • Patent number: 11594825
    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: February 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: J.S.T. CORPORATION
    Inventors: Joseph Txarola, Gwendolyn Upson, Ping Chen
  • Patent number: 11594843
    Abstract: A docking station includes a base and a first cable. The base has a plurality of ports. One end of the first cable connects to the base and the other end of the first cable connects to a first lock set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: SINOX CO., LTD
    Inventors: Yueh-Cheng Huang, Hao-Jhong Lyu
  • Patent number: 11581674
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a housing and a plurality of electrical conductors held within the housing. The housing includes a mating shroud protruding forward from a front wall of the housing and defining a port that receives a mating circuit card therein. Each of the electrical conductors includes a mating contact disposed within the mating shroud and a mounting contact that projects beyond a bottom end of the housing to electrically connect to a circuit board. The mounting contacts are located within a termination area of the electrical connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GmbH
    Inventors: Nathan Lincoln Tracy, David Patrick Orris, Chad William Morgan, Lucas Arthur Benson, Linda Ellen Shields
  • Patent number: 11581675
    Abstract: An electrical contact for use with an electrical connector includes a conducting part and a supporting part wherein the conducting part has a better conduction characteristic than the supporting part while the supporting part has a better resiliency/strength characteristic than the conducting part. The conducting part includes a main body, an upper contacting arm extending upwardly from the main body and a lower contacting arm extending downwardly from the main body. The supporting part includes a secondary body, an upper supporting arm upwardly extending from the secondary body and a lower supporting arm downwardly extend from the secondary body. The main body and the secondary body are engaged together securely. The end of the upper contacting arm and that of the upper supporting arm are coupled together and the end of the lower contacting arm and that of the lower supporting arm are coupled together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignees: FOXCONN (KUNSHAN) COMPUTER CONNECTOR CO., LTD., FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Tzu-Yao Hwang, Ming-Lun Szu
  • Patent number: 11575237
    Abstract: Provided is an adapter. The adapter includes a housing component, an adapter assembly, a first connector, a second connector, and a charging cable assembly. The housing component is provided with an accommodation space. The adapter assembly is disposed in the accommodation space. The first connector is electrically connected to the adapter assembly and is able to be accommodated in the accommodation space. The charging cable assembly includes a charging cable body and an auto-retractable cable box disposed in the accommodation space. A first end of the charging cable body is secured to the auto-retractable cable box. A second end of the charging cable body is able to be accommodated in the auto-retractable cable box or is extendable out of the auto-retractable cable box. The auto-retractable cable box is electrically connected to the adapter assembly. The second connector is connected to the second end of the charging cable body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: LUXSHARE PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yun Feng, Min Fan, Wenjun Tang
  • Patent number: 11569608
    Abstract: An electrical connector system includes a first connector comprising first contacts and a plurality of contact guides associated with the respective first contacts. The system also includes a second connector comprising second contacts configured to slide between a respective one of the contact guides and a respective one of the first contacts in response to joining the first and second connectors as a mated pair. Each respective contact guide provides contact pressure to a first surface of the respective one of the second contacts to provide a biasing force of the second contact onto the first contact to electrically couple a second surface of the respective one of the second contacts opposite the first side to an adjoining surface of the respective one of the first contacts to conduct a signal between the respective one of each of the first and second contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignees: NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION, ICONN SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Robert Anthony Czyz, Anthony S. Czyz, John Regole
  • Patent number: 11563281
    Abstract: Electrical wiring devices that incorporate clamp-type wire terminal connections are described. The electrical wiring devices include for example, single and duplex blade-type electrical receptacles, blade-type locking electrical receptacles, single or multi-pole electrical switches, combination switches and blade-type receptacles, blade-type plugs for electrical cords and blade-type connectors for electrical cords. The electrical wiring devices include a plurality of contact assemblies. Each contact assembly includes a wire terminal and a plunger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: HUBBELL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Thomas L. Scanzillo, Edward Bazayev
  • Patent number: 11545763
    Abstract: A contact for a wire-to-wire electrical connector includes a first contact portion defining a first wire receiving opening to receive a first wire and a second wire receiving opening to receive a second wire. The contact further includes a splice contact portion abutting the first contact portion and defining a third wire receiving opening to receive a third wire. The first contact portion also includes a first plurality of contact tines to electrically connect the first wire and the second wire and the splice contact portion includes a second plurality of contact tines to electrically connect the third wire to the first wire and the second wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: KYOCERA AVX Components Corporation
    Inventor: Brent Lybrand
  • Patent number: 11539151
    Abstract: A circuit arrangement having two interconnected high-frequency components, namely a first component and a second component, is described. A connection for transferring high-frequency signals is arranged between the first component and the second component. The connection includes at least one inner conductor, which is at least partially enclosed by an outer conductor. The inner conductor is connected to the first component and to the second component in order to transfer high-frequency signals. The second component includes a contact surface on a connecting surface and the inner conductor is pressed using a pressure force onto the contact surface, to establish a high-frequency connection between the first component and the second component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Inventors: Christian Arnold, Tobias Kässer, Michael Franz, Tobias Janocha, Andre Berger, Ralf Kröner, Ulrich Mahr, Benjamin Falk
  • Patent number: 11539147
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrical conductor connector, comprises: an insulating body, a contact member and an actuation lever. A plurality of inserting openings are provided in the insulating body. The contact member comprises a busbar and a wire connection clamp. The actuation lever comprises an actuation portion for cooperating with the wire connection clamp and a flip portion, wherein the actuation portion is provided with a cam, a stop wall is provided inside the insulating body for contacting the cam. When the flip portion is flipped, the actuation lever swings and moves jointly through the contour of the cam and a contact surface of the stop wall, so a relative displacement is generated between the insulating body and the actuation lever. A contact point is generated between the surface of wire connection clamp and the actuation portion, and the position of the contact point will be changed continuously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: HEAVY POWER CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chieg-Li Tseng
  • Patent number: 11532900
    Abstract: A coaxial cable connector assembly includes a coupler, a rear body assembly rotatably engaged with the coupler, the rear body assembly including a stationary retention member defining an stationary retention member inner channel surface and one or more stationary retention member grooves extending inwardly from the stationary retention member inner channel surface, a movable retention member that is movable with respect to the stationary retention member in an axial direction, the movable retention member defining a movable retention member inner channel surface and one or more movable retention member grooves extending inwardly from the movable retention member inner channel surface, the one or more movable retention member grooves defining a movable retention member groove surface, and one or more compression rings positioned at least partially within the one or more stationary retention member grooves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: CORNING OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS RF LLC
    Inventors: Jorgen Mitchell Hansen, Brian Lyle Kisling, David Jeffrey Malouf
  • Patent number: 11523538
    Abstract: A connector has a case, a circuit board, and a thermal diffusing unit. The case has an inner surface. The circuit board is mounted in the case and has a heating source. The thermal diffusing unit abuts the inner surface of the case and the heating source of the circuit board. An area of the thermal diffusing unit abutting the inner surface is bigger than an area of the thermal diffusing unit abutting the heating source. A heat transfer coefficient of the thermal diffusing unit is bigger than a heat transfer coefficient of the case. With the structure above, the thermal diffusing unit is allowed to transmit heat from a small area to a big area, thereby improving the heat dissipation efficiency of the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: BIZLINK INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hsin-Tuan Hsiao, Jui-Hung Chien