Patents Examined by Harshad C. Patel
  • Patent number: 12212088
    Abstract: A housing having a height, width, and a depth direction, and cantilevered terminals having one end side secured to the housing on one side in the depth direction and having a resilient member forming a free end in an end portion on the other end side opposite to said one end side on the side opposite to the one side in the depth direction. Counterpart terminals are inserted into an insertion space within the housing from locations spaced apart in the height direction through insertion apertures occupying a predetermined area in a plane formed by the depth direction and width direction of the housing, the resilient member has contact points that contact with counterpart terminals inserted through the insertion apertures, and at least a portion of the resilient member other than the contact points, along with the contact points, is positioned within the bounds of the predetermined area in at least the plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: HIROSE ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shoichiro Tamaki
  • Patent number: 12206199
    Abstract: A plug connector device, in particular an optical plug connector device, with an outer housing and with an inner housing having at least one first inner housing element and at least one second inner housing element, which are in an assembled state together configured to receive at least one plug element. The first inner housing element and the second inner housing element have at least one receiving section that is configured to receive a fixing element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Reichle & De-Massari AG
    Inventors: Remo Hoechli, Tensing Gyagang
  • Patent number: 12206214
    Abstract: A crimp contact includes a crimp barrel having a crimp base, a pair of crimp shoulders, a crimp region, and an impedance matching region. The crimp shoulders in the crimp region form a longitudinal seam when bent around an electrical conductor. An outer surface of the crimp barrel in the impedance matching region has a gradual expansion along a direction of the longitudinal seam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Olivier De Cloet, Uwe Bluemmel, Daniel Volkmann, Turgay Yilmaz, Michael Delp, Erik Glombitza, Karl Zhung-Wei Choi
  • Patent number: 12206212
    Abstract: Terminals have a retained portion located forwardly of a receiving space and retained in a housing, and a contact arm portion that extends toward the rear from the retained portion; a contact arm portion has a contact portion that protrudes toward the receiving space in the connector thickness direction perpendicular to the forward-backward direction and the terminal array direction and is capable of contacting the counterpart connect body; a contact portion faces the interior surface of the receiving space across a gap in the connector thickness direction; the terminals have an extension portion located forwardly of the contact portion; the extension portion has a reflective portion in the rear end portion thereof; the reflective portion has a rear end face within a range that includes the protruding end of the contact portion when viewed from the rear; and the rear end face is formed as a reflecting surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: HIROSE ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shingo Masaki, Shoichi Mizusawa
  • Patent number: 12201153
    Abstract: An aerosol provision devices are described. One such device comprises a receptacle configured to receive aerosol generating material, wherein the receptacle comprises a susceptor which is heatable by penetration with a varying magnetic field. The device further comprises an insulating member extending around the susceptor, wherein the insulating member is positioned away from the receptacle to provide an air gap around the susceptor. The device further comprises an inductor coil extending around the insulating member such that the insulating member is positioned between the inductor coil and the susceptor, wherein the inductor coil is configured to generate the varying magnetic field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED
    Inventor: Mitchel Thorsen
  • Patent number: 12176663
    Abstract: An electronic connector includes a rigid central region and at least one branch that extends away from the rigid central region. A flexible part is disposed at one end of the at least one branch and adjacent to the rigid central region. A conductor terminal is located at an opposing end of the at least one branch. A rigid part is disposed between the flexible part and the conductor terminal. At least one flexible element is disposed adjacent to one surface of the flexible part. The flexible part of the at least one branch and the at least one flexible element combine to permit the at least one branch to be both (i) sufficiently flexible to permit the at least one branch to be bent, and (ii) sufficiently rigid to permit the at least one branch to subsequently return to its original shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Crestron Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward J. Joy, Marc Dubowski, Howard Balch
  • Patent number: 12172534
    Abstract: A vehicle power supply device is provided. The vehicle power supply device includes: a fixed base; a scissor-fork lifting mechanism, where the scissor-fork lifting mechanism is mounted on the fixed base; a power supply head, where the power supply head is mounted on the scissor-fork lifting mechanism and is driven by the scissor-fork lifting mechanism to ascend or descend; and a drive device, where the drive device includes a drive unit and a transmission unit configured to convert rotational movement into linear movement. The drive unit and the transmission unit are stacked along a lifting direction of the scissor-fork lifting mechanism. The drive unit is connected with the scissor-fork lifting mechanism by the transmission unit to drive the scissor-fork lifting mechanism to ascend or descend.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: BYD COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Pengfei Li, Chaorui Wu, Ziwei Zeng
  • Patent number: 12176638
    Abstract: Various configurations of connector assemblies are disclosed herein. Each variation of connector assembly includes at least one conductive outer housing, one or more dielectrics, and conductors, some of which may be configured as compressible electrical contacts manufactured from a tube. One embodiment of the compressible electrical contact includes a first contact end, a second contact end opposing the first contact end, and a plurality of cut sections defined by at least one cut angle measured between a pair of outwardly extending opposing inner surfaces, an innermost cut distance, and an outermost cut distance. Each of the plurality of divaricated-cut sections is based on at least one divaricating pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: CORNING OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS RF, LLC
    Inventors: Donald Andrew Burris, Thomas Edmond Flaherty, IV, Casey Roy Stein
  • Patent number: 12170428
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a novel smart socket having a function of electric leakage protection. The novel smart socket includes an upper cover, a base and a middle-layer support, where a reset button is arranged on the upper cover; a tripping device is arranged on a circuit board and includes a tripper, a lock catch element and an electromagnetic assembly. The electromagnetic assembly includes a tripping iron core, a tripping spring and an accommodation frame, where an end of the tripping iron core is in linkage connection with the lock catch element; and one end of the lock catch element is in linkage connection with a linkage shaft and is located in the first cavity. The present disclosure simplifies an internal structure, and improves reliability of the novel smart socket having a function of electric leakage protection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: WENZHOU HUAYA ELECTRIC CO., LTD
    Inventor: Yunhua Lin
  • Patent number: 12161157
    Abstract: A cartridge used for an aerosol-generating apparatus includes a liquid storage configured to store an aerosol-generating material, a heater configured to generate an aerosol by heating the aerosol-generating material, an air flow path through which the aerosol passes to be discharged to the outside of the cartridge, and a heating wire having a mesh shape, configured to generate heat, and arranged in the air flow path such that the aerosol is heated by the heating wire while passing through the air flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Won Kyeong Lee, Heon Jun Jeong, Dong Sung Kim, Jae Sung Choi
  • Patent number: 12166317
    Abstract: Electromagnetic shielding about both of electric connectors, which are in a mutually mated state, can be sufficiently carried out by a simple configuration. Shield wall portions composed of electrically-conductive members opposed to contact connecting portions (board connecting portions) of a plurality of contact members arranged in multipolar shapes are provided; electromagnetic shielding functions with respect to the contact connecting portions in the respective electric connectors are obtained well by the respective shield wall portions; and, when both of the electric connectors are mated with each other, the shield wall portions are configured to be in an inner/outer double disposition relation in which they are opposed to each other and efficiently block the gaps between the shield wall portions and wiring boards so that sufficient EMI measures can be expected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: I-PEX Inc.
    Inventor: Kosuke Ozeki
  • Patent number: 12160060
    Abstract: A system for attaching a terminal pin to a circuit trace on an electronic substrate. The system includes a sonotrode and a stage for holding the electronic substrate. The sonotrode is configured to direct ultrasound energy to a base region of the terminal pin placed on the circuit trace to weld the base region to the circuit trace. The system further includes a three-dimensional positioner coupled to the sonotrode. The three-dimensional positioner is configured to drive the sonotrode to lift the terminal pin from a rack and to place the terminal pin on the electronic substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Erik Nino Mercado Tolentino, Dennis Cadiz Yborde, Shutesh Krishnan, Pui Leng Low
  • Patent number: 12155144
    Abstract: A connector includes a resin housing to be assembled to a wall portion of a box-shaped body, a bus bar held by the housing and having a fastened portion that is disposed inside the wall portion and is to be connected to a terminal fitting by fastening using a bolt, and a nut held by the housing with a gap between the nut and the fastened portion, the gap allowing insertion of the terminal fitting and engaged with the bolt to fasten the fastened portion and the terminal fitting inserted into the gap together. In the bus bar, a recessed portion recessed such that the bus bar is cut off is provided inside the wall portion. The recessed is exposed to an outside of the housing without being covered with a resin constituting the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masataka Nagayama, Yuya Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 12144373
    Abstract: An aerosol generation device includes a casing; an aperture in the casing through which aerosol generating material is insertable into the aerosol generation device; a closure moveable relative to the aperture between a closed position in which the closure covers the aperture, an open position in which the aperture is unobstructed by the closure, and an activation position that is different from the open position; and a detector arranged to detect movement of the closure from the closed position to the open position and between the open position and the activation position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: JT International S.A.
    Inventors: Layth Sliman Bouchuiguir, Jon Mason, Nathan Lyell, Marko Plevnik
  • Patent number: 12149026
    Abstract: A subsea wet-mateable connector handle has a handle part, a bushing support ring, a resilient bushing, a connector mount and a securing pin. A method of manufacturing a subsea wet-mateable connector handle includes cutting a handle part from a sheet of inherently corrosion resistant metal plate by a two-dimensional cutting process. A bushing support ring and a bushing are assembled onto a limb extending from the handle part. A connector mount is mounted to the bushing and the connector mount and bushing are fixed to the handle part with the securing pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Thomas Cox, James Pridmore, Jean-Pierre Smith
  • Patent number: 12142862
    Abstract: A connector, having a shunt structure, includes an insulating housing, a plurality of power terminals, a plurality of signal terminals and a first shunt socket. The insulating housing has a first side surface and a second side surface. The first side surface has a power input interface and a signal input interface, and the second side surface has a power output interface and a signal output interface. Each of the power terminals extends a power contact portion into the power input interface, and a power leg to the power output interface. Each of the signal terminals extends a signal contact portion into the signal input interface, and the signal leg to the signal output interface. The first shunt socket is located on a third side surface of the insulating housing and has a clamping portion on a side wall for being clamped by a first shunt connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Inventor: Sung-Yu Chen
  • Patent number: 12142398
    Abstract: The present disclosure suppresses, in a wire with terminal provided with a sealing member, buckling of a wire during insertion into a terminal mounting hole. A wire with terminal includes a wire having a core wire made of a conductor and an insulation coating covering the outer periphery of the core wire, a terminal connected to a lengthwise end portion of the wire, a tubular sealing member enclosing the outer periphery of the insulation coating, and a reinforcing material adhered to the outer peripheral surface of the insulation coating. The lengthwise end portion of the wire with terminal including the terminal and the sealing member is inserted into a terminal mounting hole of a housing. Also, the reinforcing material is provided in an area extending rearward from a rear end portion of the sealing member in an insertion direction into the terminal mounting hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Yuji Okamoto
  • Patent number: 12138466
    Abstract: A lead adapter for a patient treatment system comprises a housing having a plurality of inlets, each inlet being segregated from an immediately adjacent inlet by a housing intermediate wall. A plurality of electrical contact assemblies residing in the housing are electrically connected to a respective one of a plurality of electrical contact posts. Each contact post has an exposed terminal portion residing in one of the plurality of inlets. A header is movably secured to the housing to selectively open and close the housing. With the header in an open position, an implantable lead is movable into a longitudinally extending opening in the header. The header is then manipulatable into a closed position to move an electrical contact of the lead into contact with a respective one of the electrical contact assemblies electrically connected to a respective one of the electrical contact posts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Greatbatch Ltd.
    Inventors: Luis Daniel Villamil, Mathias de Souza, Ignacio Agustin Armesto
  • Patent number: 12127588
    Abstract: An aerosol-generating device for heating an aerosol-generating article is provided, the device including: a housing having an opening; a chamber within the housing to receive at least a portion of the article through the opening; a heater assembly within the housing and including a heating element to heat at least a portion of the chamber; a mechanism including at least one member at or proximate to the opening and configured to move between a first position in which the article can be inserted into the chamber via the opening, and a second position in which the member has reduced a size of the opening relative to a size of the opening when the member is in the first position; and at least one guide track along which the member is configured to slide when the member moves between the first and the second positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventor: Michael Elliott Doyle
  • Patent number: 12132272
    Abstract: A card edge connector with a seal member that blocks migration of vaporized flux into the connector. The connector includes conductive elements curved at locations and a housing to hold the conductive elements. The housing has openings on a board facing surface. The openings are sized to allow conductive elements inserted into the housing through the openings. Vaporized flux entering the connector through the openings during board assembly may accumulate on contact surfaces of the conductive elements and cause failures to read a card inserted in the connector. The seal member may be attached to the board facing surface of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Amphenol East Asia Electronic Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Xiang Wang