Patents Examined by Harshad C. Patel
  • Female terminal
    Patent number: 11177602
    Abstract: A female terminal, including: a female terminal fitting including a connector to be conductively connected to a male terminal; a facing member held on the female terminal fitting, the facing member being arranged to face the connector across a male terminal insertion gap into which the male terminal is inserted; a spring held on the female terminal fitting, the spring biasing at least one of the facing member and the connector toward the other; and an approach displacement restricting device that maintains the male terminal insertion gap by restricting a displacement in an approaching direction between the facing member and the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Seido Nishijima
  • Terminal block assemblies
    Patent number: 11171429
    Abstract: A terminal assembly includes a terminal block of a dielectric material defining a plurality of bores therethrough. A respective terminal contact of an electrically conductive material is seated in each of the respective bores. The terminal contact defines a longitudinal axis therethrough with a terminal bore defined through the terminal contact along the longitudinal axis. A divider wall separates the terminal bore into a solder cup for a lead wire on an interior side of the terminal bore, and a lug receptacle on an exterior side of the terminal bore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Dhaval Patel, Craig J. Wojcik, Edward C. Allen, Skyler Ripplinger, Ted A. Martin, Duane C. Johnson, Doren Smith
  • Electric connection socket
    Patent number: 11171434
    Abstract: An electric connection socket for relaying electric signals between a circuit substrate and an electric component includes: a metal housing which has a through hole enabling communication between the top surface and the bottom surface thereof, and on the top surface of which the electric component is mounted and on the bottom surface of which the circuit substrate is mounted; and a signal pin inserted into the through hole to configure a coaxial line between the inner wall surfaces of the through hole, and which is electrically connected at one end to a signal path pad electrode of the circuit substrate and is electrically connected at the other end to a signal path terminal of the electric component. The metal housing is arranged on the circuit substrate such that an air gap is formed between the bottom surface of the metal housing and the top surface of the circuit substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Enplas Corporation
    Inventor: Keiichi Narumi
  • Waterproof connector and method of assembling same
    Patent number: 11165189
    Abstract: Provided is a waterproof connector, with which waterproof performance can be improved. The waterproof connector includes a connector main body, which is mounted on a circuit board provided inside a housing, and is to be inserted into a housing connector hole formed in the housing; an annular seal member, which is provided outside the housing, and surrounds the connector main body; a bracket, which is provided to the housing, and is configured to presses the annular seal member against the housing; and fasteners configured to fix the bracket to the housing. The annular seal member is held in contact with a connector main body sealing surface and a housing sealing surface to close a gap between the housing and the connector main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Naoya Hashii
  • Communication jack having a dielectric film between plug interface contacts
    Patent number: 11165202
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to designs for network jacks which can be used for cable connectivity. In an embodiment, the present invention is an RJ45 jack that utilizes a thin dielectric film between two layers of PICs that provide crosstalk compensation by way of their geometry. Compensation is achieved by way of capacitor plates which sandwich a thin dielectric film. This allows for the layers of PICs to be in close proximity and achieve higher coupling where desired, allowing a greater amount of compensation to occur close to the plug/jack contact point. This can have the effect of moving compensation closer to the plug/jack contact point, which in turn may reduce the amount of compensation needed further along the data path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Panduit Corp.
    Inventors: Satish I. Patel, Roman J. Churnovic, Jean de Dieu Muntangana
  • Female terminal
    Patent number: 11165181
    Abstract: It is aimed to provide a female terminal capable of suppressing the rattling of a tab. A female terminal (10) of the present disclosure is fit to a male terminal (20) and includes a bottom wall (26), a resilient contact piece (14) and rattling suppressing portions (18). The resilient contact piece (14) is cantilevered from the bottom wall (26) and resiliently contacts the male terminal 20 by being displaced toward the bottom wall (26). The rattling suppressing portions (18) can contact the male terminal (20) when the male terminal (20) is displaced toward the bottom wall (26).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Inventor: Yuki Sugimoto
  • Connection terminal and terminal connection body
    Patent number: 11165180
    Abstract: A connection terminal for connecting a first conductor and a second conductor, the connection terminal including: a connection configured to be connected to the first conductor; an arc-shaped fitting that extends from the connection, and is configured to be fitted to, while being in surface contact with, a tubular outer circumferential surface of the second conductor over a half of the circumference thereof, with application of restoring force after elastic deformation; and a pair of extensions that extend from two ends, in a circumferential direction, of the arc-shaped fitting, and are curved to a side opposite to a side to which the arc-shaped fitting is curved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Jisung Kim, Mitsuru Hirose
  • USB socket, button controller and smart appliance
    Patent number: 11158983
    Abstract: An USB female socket, a button controller and a smart home. The USB socket may include a housing, a rubber core, and a set of terminals. The housing may define a cavity extending through a front end and a rear end of the housing. The set of terminals may include a first contact terminal and a plurality of second contact terminals. A front end of the first contact terminal may be located below a front end of a second contact terminal adjacent to the first contact terminal and thereby a variable gap may be formed between the front end of the first contact terminal and the front end of the adjacent second contact terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: LIMOSS (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Christian Gassner
  • Modular telecommunications plug and method
    Patent number: 11158980
    Abstract: A modular plug is disclosed as having a housing, a wire manager, a load bar, and a rear component each configured to snap-fit together to assemble the modular plug. The wire manager has a plurality of channels axially positioned about a central axis, each channel being configured to receive a twisted pair of wires from a telecommunications cable, and each channel having a first width and a gate having a second width smaller than the first width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Timothy W. Anderson, Jeffrey Allan Oberski, Brian J. Fitzpatrick, Shawn Phillip Tobey
  • Connector device
    Patent number: 11158963
    Abstract: Provided is a connector device including a cable-side connector and a board-side connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: HIROSE ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Maruno
  • Personal vaporizer
    Patent number: 11140918
    Abstract: Systems and methods utilizing a first housing magnet of a vaporizing device cartridge port substantially oriented in a first polar configuration and a second housing magnet of the cartridge port substantially oriented in a second polar configuration, wherein the second polar configuration is substantially opposite the first polar configuration, to properly orient and seat a cartridge in a vaporizing device. Systems and methods can further include alternative or complementary aspects for imposing cartridge orientation and fit, such as mechanical interference aspects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Flair Products LLC
    Inventors: Niravkumar Vora, Mitul Patel
  • Fan connector
    Patent number: 11133612
    Abstract: A fan connector comprises a connector body, a plurality of chip terminals, a plurality of wiring terminals, and a chip circuit board. The connector body comprises an electrical connection slot, a chip slot, and a wiring slot. The plurality of chip terminals and the plurality of wiring terminals are disposed on a sidewall of the electrical connection slot. The plurality of chip terminals corresponds to the plurality of wiring terminals, respectively. The chip circuit board comprises a chip, a circuit board, and a plurality of conductive pads. The chip circuit board is inserted into the chip slot. The plurality of conductive pads is in contact with the corresponding chip terminals. One end of the connector body is connected to a fan, in which a wire passes through the wiring slot and connects to the plurality of wiring terminals. An external plug is possible to insert into the electrical connection slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: Dongguan Luxshare Technologies Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Yung-Chih Hung
  • Base of electrical connector and electrical connector thereof
    Patent number: 11133610
    Abstract: A base of an electrical connector includes a fixing pin and a base body. The fixing pin includes a pin body, a stopping element and one or more latches. The pin body includes a lower end and an upper end, the stopping element is disposed at the upper end, and the latch is disposed on the pin body in a protruding manner. One or more installation troughs are formed on a rear surface of the base body and the installation trough is in communication with a front surface of the base body through an insertion hole. The base body further includes a pin hole formed on an outer peripheral surface of the base body, and the pin hole is intersected with and in communication with the installation trough. The latch is adapted to be engaged with a stopper block formed on an inner wall of the pin hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: DONGGUAN LUXSHARE TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD
    Inventor: Yung-Chih Hung
  • Connector with retainer for holding obliquely wound spring
    Patent number: 11128079
    Abstract: A connector, including: a first connector including a first housing and a tubular first shield made of metal and supported in the first housing; a second connector including a second housing to be coupled to the first housing and a tubular second shield made of metal and provided in the second housing, an axial end of the second shield r being arranged to overlap the first shield in a radial direction; an obliquely wound spring arranged between the first shield and the second shield in the radial direction, the obliquely wound spring making the first and second shields electrically conductive with each other; and a retainer made of an insulator, the retainer including a spring holder that holds the obliquely wound spring, the retainer being provided between the first shield and the second shield in the radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takuya Ono, Nobuyuki Akiba
  • Conductor terminal and set formed of the conductor terminal and an actuation tool
    Patent number: 11121486
    Abstract: A conductor terminal with an insulating material housing and a spring-force terminal connection. The spring-force terminal connection has a contact body which is shaped out of a sheet element and has a base portion, lateral wall portions that protrude from the base portion and are mutually spaced, and solder connection contact tongues. The base portion together with the lateral wall portions forms a conductor receiving channel for receiving an electric conductor, and leaf spring tongues protrude from the lateral wall portions so as to face one another, each leaf spring tongue has a clamping edge for clamping an electric conductor received in the conductor receiving channel. The insulating material housing has a conductor insertion opening which leads to the conductor receiving channel on the front face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: WAGO Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH
    Inventors: Konrad Stromiedel, Henry Stolze
  • Fiber optic connector holder and method
    Patent number: 11119285
    Abstract: A fiber optic connector holder is sized to fit within an opening for mounting a fiber optic adapter. The fiber optic connector holder is configured to permit a fiber optic connector with a dust cap positioned about a ferrule and a polished end face of an optical fiber held by the ferrule to be inserted within and releasably held by the connector holder. A system for holding fiber optic connectors includes a fiber optic connector holder mounted within an opening in a bulkhead for mounting a fiber optic adapter. The fiber optic connector holder is configured to receive a fiber optic connector with a dust cap mounted about a ferrule and polished end face of an optical fiber held by the ferrule. An optical fiber connector may be held to a bulkhead when the fiber optic connector includes a dust cap mounted about a ferrule and a polished end face of an optical fiber held by the ferrule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Trevor D. Smith, Thomas C. Tinucci, Cindy S. Walters, James W. Conroy, Joel B. Douglas, Kathleen M. Barnes, Marlon E. Holmquist
  • Terminal holder, wire harness, and fixing structure
    Patent number: 11121483
    Abstract: A terminal holder for accommodating a plurality of terminal fittings that are attached to respective ends of a plurality of electrical wires, each of the plurality of terminal fittings including a connection that is connected and fixed to an attachment object through a bolt inserted in the connection, and a fixing portion that is fixed to the electrical wire, the terminal holder including: a plurality of through holes in which the connections of the plurality of terminal fittings are to be respectively disposed and that expose the connections; a plurality of accommodations for respectively accommodating the fixing portions of the plurality of terminal fittings; and a partition wall continuously extending between the fixing portions and between the connections of adjacent terminal fittings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Hirokazu Nakai, Toshimitsu Nakamura
  • Electrical connector having contact elements with superelastic material and associated methods
    Patent number: 11108180
    Abstract: Electrical connectors including superelastic components. The high elastic limit of superelastic materials compared to conventional connector materials may allow for designs which provide reliable connections and high frequency operation. Superelastic components also may enable connector designs with higher densities of connections. A connector can include one or more superelastic elongated members forming the mating contacts of the connector. The superelastic elongated members may deform within one or more conductive receptacles to generate a suitable contact force. The conductive receptacles may include a plurality of protrusions arranged to deflect the superelastic elongated members during mating. A superelastic component may also be provided in a receiving portion of a connector, and may form a portion of a conductive receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Amphenol Corporation
    Inventors: Donald A. Girard, Tom Pitten, Mark W. Gailus, Marc B. Cartier, Jr., David Levine
  • Coaxial connector comprising a shunt
    Patent number: 11108198
    Abstract: A coaxial connector and a method for manufacturing such a coaxial connector. The coaxial connector includes: a conductive core; a metal shielding surrounding the core; a dielectric arranged between the core and the shielding to insulate them electrically with respect to one another; and a shunt to supply a resistive bridge between the core and the shielding. The shunt includes: a graphite element positioned between the core and the shielding; and a first and a second metal deposit to supply an electrical and mechanical connection between the graphite element and respectively the core and the shielding. A coaxial cable and an electrical device can both include such a coaxial connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Jean-Luc Dubois, Bruno Cassany, Jerome Ribolzi
  • Electrical contact for a plug connector, having rotatable rolling contact bodies, and electrical plug-in connection with such a contact
    Patent number: 11108203
    Abstract: An electrical contact has a contact surface adapted to contact a mating contact. The contact surface has a plurality of rotatable rolling contact bodies made of an electrically conductive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventor: Karl Beck