Patents Examined by Harshad C. Patel
  • Patent number: 10454215
    Abstract: A securement device for electrical plugs, effectively keeping the plug inserted into an outlet without worry of it becoming unplugged. The device is useful for securing an electrical plug to the wall faceplate of an outlet, as well as protecting the connection from debris and moisture. The device is configured as a sleeve that attaches to an electrical plug and rolls over the plug to conform to its shape. When in use, the sleeve is squeezed on either side to create a vacuum and secure the plug connection in place. To release the device, a user again squeezes the sides of the sleeve to release vacuum pressure and removes the plug from the connection. The device can resemble a suction cup, is flexible, and can fit overtop any type of electrical plug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Inventor: Daryl L Watkins, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10454221
    Abstract: A connector is provided with a plurality of contacts, a holding member and a shell. Each of the contacts has a held portion and a fixed portion. The holding member has a holding portion holding the held portion, a front regulated portion and a rear regulated portion. The shell is formed with front regulating portions, opening portions and rear regulating portions extending in the opening portions. The front regulating portions 330 are located forward of the front regulated portion 586 and regulate forward movement of the front regulated portions 586. The rear regulating portions 334 are located rearward of the rear regulated portions 588 and regulate rearward movement of the rear regulated portions 588. At least a part of the fixed portions 404 of the contacts 42 is visible through any one of the opening portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Takeharu Naito, Kimiaki Saitou
  • Patent number: 10439233
    Abstract: A connector unit comprises a plurality of connector modules. Each connector module is coupled to an adjacent connector module in a first direction and is matable with a mating object in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. Each connector module includes a holding portion holding a contact and a coupling portion positioned adjacent to the holding portion on an end side of the connector module in a third direction orthogonal to the first direction and the second direction. The coupling portion has a protrusion protruding toward the end side of the connector module, a concave part receiving the protrusion of the adjacent connector module, and a separation inhibiting part inhibiting separation of the protrusion of the adjacent connector module from the concave part. The connector modules coupled by the coupling portions are each displaceable in the first direction, the second direction, and the third direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignees: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Daiji Hotta, Seiji Komatsu, Masahiro Imanishi
  • Patent number: 10424871
    Abstract: An electrical receptacle including a body having a plurality of electrical connections, a device face connected to the body and movable with respect to the body, a plurality of electrical plug contacts positioned behind the device face, and wherein the electrical plug contacts retain an electrical plug prong at a first tension when the device face is in a first position and the electrical plug contacts retain the electrical plug prong at a second tension when the device face is in a second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Inventors: Jeffrey Baldwin, Ryan Liebengood
  • Patent number: 10424877
    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: August 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: DAI-ICHI SEIKO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kosuke Ozeki
  • Patent number: 10418766
    Abstract: A laminated busbar assembly includes a substrate, a positive current metal plate provided with a first pin, a negative current metal plate provided with a second pin, and an output current metal plate provided with a third pin. The substrate is provided with a pad hole group including a first pad hole, a second pad hole, and a third pad hole. The pad hole group is electrically connected to copper cladded on the substrate to form wirings. The positive current metal plate, the negative current metal plate, and the output current metal plate re all arranged on the first side of the substrate in a laminated manner. The first pin passes through first pad hole, the second pin passes through the second pad hole, and the third pin passes through the third pad hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: ZHUHAI ENPOWER ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Guibin Jiang
  • Patent number: 10418733
    Abstract: To be capable of easily avoiding lengthening and heightening with a simple configuration even in a case where relatively large electric power is supplied. Provided is a configuration in which the conductor resistance of a plurality of contact members 13 and 14 is reduced in accordance with an increment in thickness and energization allowable electric power is increased by one of more of the contact members 13 and 14 being formed thicker than the rest so that an increase in the size of an electric connector such as lengthening and heightening is prevented even in a case where the supply electric power with respect to the electric connector is large and the retention of a flat plate-shaped signal transmission medium F is enhanced by contact portions of the thickness-increased contact members 13 and 14 being pressure-welded to the flat plate-shaped signal transmission medium F.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: DAI-ICHI SEIKO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masao Ishimaru
  • Patent number: 10411407
    Abstract: A connector is provided having a first contact, a first supporting portion, a second contact, a second supporting portion, a ground plate, and a third supporting position. The first contact has a first connection portion which is pushed to a first conductor to electrically connect with the first conductor. The first supporting portion receives a force to push the first connection portion to the first conductor. The second contact has a second connection portion which is pushed to a second conductor to electrically connect with the second conductor. The second supporting portion receives a force to push the second connection portion to the second conductor. The ground plate is arranged between the first contact and the second contact and has a shield connection portion which is pushed to at least one of a first shield portion covering the first conductor and a second shield portion covering the second conductor to electrically connect with at least one of the first shield portion and the second shield portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: ACES ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobukazu Kato, Hiroaki Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 10410812
    Abstract: An electric power distribution switch incorporates a stress-relieving connection structure, a closing guiding structure, a weather shield structure and a contact structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: S&C Electric Company
    Inventors: Xin G. Zhu, Thomas Fanta
  • Patent number: 10403988
    Abstract: An insulator includes a plurality of electrical conductors and a main body. One ends of the plurality of electrical conductors are electrically connected to a ground terminal or a plurality of input terminals of a motor. The main body includes an insulating material. Other ends of the plurality of electrical conductors are disposed adjacent to each other on the main body in a direction intersecting with a direction of an output shaft of the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO
    Inventors: Kenji Murata, Yuki Kubo
  • Patent number: 10405425
    Abstract: An Information handling system (IHS) includes a circuit board assembly with surface mount technology (SMT) pad structure. Landing pad(s) attached to circuit board substrate have a mounting area that receive an SMT connector pin onto adjacent pair of differential contact strips plated to nonconductive surface and extending longitudinally in parallel alignment. A return current strip is longitudinally aligned, adjacent to the differential contact strips on a first lateral side. The return current strip is connected to a ground plane of the circuit board substrate. Converging narrowing of the adjacent differential contact strip increases separation from a distal end of the return current strip. The separation improves signal integrity by reducing fringe effects, increasing impedance, and quenching resonance. A surface mount device (SMD) has one or more connector pins that are attached to the one or more landing pads to conduct the high-speed communication signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventors: Vijendera Kumar, Bhyrav M. Mutnury, V. Mallikarjun Goud
  • Patent number: 10396510
    Abstract: A coaxial connector includes a connector front end connectable with a circuit board and a connector rear end connectable with a coaxial cable. An outer conductor arrangement connectable with an outer conductor of a coaxial cable at the connector rear end, which has a compensator means arranged at the connector front end and has at least one cup spring having a contacting zone configured to contact a contact face of a circuit board to establish an electrical interconnection between the outer conductor arrangement and the contact face. The cup spring has a center aperture that is at least partially encircled by the contacting zone. An inner conductor arrangement includes a contacting tip configured to contact a contacting point of a circuit board via the center aperture of the compensator means to establish an electrical contact between the inner conductor and the contacting point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: HUBER + SUHNER AG
    Inventors: Martin Wagner, Haris Beganovic, Jürg Nussbaumer
  • Patent number: 10389075
    Abstract: A system for implementing an electrical rotary joint in a large-diameter system using relatively small-diameter capsule slip rings is described herein. The system includes a system rotor that rotates about a system axis of rotation, and a system stator that is stationary with respect to the system rotor. The system also includes at least one conductive contact channel disposed on one of the system rotor and the system stator. The system further includes at least one capsule slip ring (CSR) coupled to the other of the system rotor and the system stator. The at least one CSR has a conductive annular element coupled thereto, the conductive annular element in mechanical contact with the at least one conductive contact channel such that the at least one CSR forms an electrical rotary joint between the system rotor and the system stator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: MORPHO DETECTION, LLC
    Inventors: Jared William Moore, Steven Leslie Hills
  • Patent number: 10389049
    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: June 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: WAGO Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH
    Inventors: Konrad Stromiedel, Henry Stolze
  • Patent number: 10381762
    Abstract: An electrical connector for a circuit card assembly including a PCB includes a mating housing having a mating end movable relative to the PCB and contact modules coupled to the mating housing including signal contacts having a mating conductor, a mounting conductor and a flexible conductor. The flexible conductor is flexible to allow relative movement of the mating conductor relative to the mounting conductor. The flexible conductor has a bent portion changing shape. The contact modules have ground contacts providing electrical shielding for the signal contacts. The ground contacts include covers extending along and providing shielding along at least one side of the bent portion of the corresponding signal contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION
    Inventors: John Joseph Consoli, Chad William Morgan, Matthew Jeffrey Sypolt
  • Patent number: 10381775
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a power connector which comprises an insulative housing and a terminal. The insulative housing defines a terminal receiving groove therein and comprises a stopping wall. The terminal is positioned in the terminal receiving groove and comprises a mating portion, a stopping portion and a wire connecting portion. The stopping portion abuts against the stopping wall and comprises a first horizontal portion and a second horizontal portion. The first horizontal portion comprises a first front end edge. The second horizontal portion comprises a second front end edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: You-Xiang Zheng, Hao Yin
  • Patent number: 10374328
    Abstract: An electrical terminal fitting includes a body and a hood. The body is formed from a first material and includes a connection section and a contacting section with the contacting section having a flexible contact beam and stiffening beam for receiving a male pin of a mating terminal. The hood is formed from a second material having a higher tensile strength than the first material and is secured to the body. The hood includes a rib having tapered ends and a locking beam that engages a housing to secure the terminal. The locking beam further includes a stop having a rounded end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Dwaraganathan Bhagyanathan-Sathlanathan, Xin Wang, Yves LePottier, Bradley M. Dick
  • Patent number: 10367277
    Abstract: A multi-earth terminal includes: a body having a hook piece and a hook rib, which are formed on an outer edge of the body; a barrel coupled with a wire; and a connector interconnecting the body with the barrel. Two or more bodies are stacked vertically and coupled to each other. When the two or more bodies are stacked vertically and coupled to each other, each of the two or more bodies includes the hook rib and the hook piece so that the hook rib of a first body that is located at an upper side of the vertically stacked bodies is inserted into and engaged with the hook piece of a second body that is located at a lower side of the vertically stacked bodies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignees: HYUNDIA MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Cheol Hun Lee, Soon Chul Kwon
  • Patent number: 10367287
    Abstract: Embodiments related to electrical connectors including superelastic components are described. 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. In some embodiments, a connector includes one or more superelastic elongated members forming the mating contacts of the connector. The superelastic elongated members 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: May 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: Amphenol Corporation
    Inventors: Tom Pitten, Mark W. Gailus, Marc B. Cartier, Jr., David Levine, Donald A. Girard, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10355396
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes: an insulative housing having a base and a tongue; plural contacts affixed to the insulative housing and exposed to the tongue; a shielding shell enclosing the insulative housing and having a front end; an outer cover enclosing the shielding shell and having a front protrusion, an annular slot being defined between the front end of the shielding shell and the front protrusion of the outer cover; a rear sealer sealing an interfacing gap between the shielding shell and the outer cover; and a front sealer disposed in the annular slot; wherein at least one of the shielding shell, the outer cover, and the front sealer has a groove in fluid communication with the interfacing gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventor: Jun Zhao