Patents Examined by Harshad C. Patel
  • Patent number: 11817651
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a connector, for docking a plugged member that is provided with a spring plate in a plug-and-pull manner, and comprises a shell, a PCBA chip partially arranged in the shell, and a locking mechanism that is connected with the shell and is used for connecting the plugged member, wherein the locking mechanism comprises an unlocking member and a guiding groove; the unlocking member comprises a guiding arm, a top wall and a pull strap, the guiding arm is slidably arranged in the guiding groove, a front end of the guiding arm forms an unlocking piece, the guiding arm is connected with the top wall, the top wall is connected with the shell through an elastic connecting member, and the pull strap is fixedly connected to a rear end of the guiding arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: BIZLINK (KUNSHAN) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhaojun Xu, Jinhua Meng
  • Patent number: 11813468
    Abstract: A bore plug for an implantable medical device. The bore plug includes an elongate body having a proximal portion, a distal portion, and defining a major longitudinal axis therethrough, the distal portion being sized and configured to be received within a bore of the implantable medical device. The distal portion includes a lubricating element configured to lubricate the bore when the distal portion is at least one from the group consisting of inserted within and withdrawn from the bore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin R. Seifert, Lonnie D. Ronning, Michael D. Eggen, Michelle S. Reinert
  • Patent number: 11811166
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes an electrical terminal attached to a wire cable, a connector housing defining a cavity in which the electrical terminal is disposed, and a resilient damping element disposed intermediate the electrical terminal and an inner wall of the cavity. The damping element is configured to reduce the amplitude and/or change the frequency of vibratory mechanical energy transmitted to the electrical terminal in the electrical connector through the wire electrical cable attached to the terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Aptiv Technologies (2) S.à r.l.
    Inventors: Roberto Carlos Narro Lara, Carlos Ernesto Lopez Campos, Eduardo Daniel Alvarez Valdes, Jorge Thamer Cardenas
  • Patent number: 11811159
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulating housing and a plurality of electrical terminals. A first side surface of the connector has a plug input interface provided for insertion of a power supply component along a first direction and a length direction thereof is perpendicular to the first direction. A third side surface of the connector has a shunt socket with at least one shunt slot. Each of the electrical terminals has an A contact portion, a B contact portion, a middle portion and a pin portion. Each of the A contact portions extends into the plug input interface along the first direction. Each of the pin portions extends out of the second side surface along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. Each of the B contact portions extends into the shunt slot along a third direction perpendicular to the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Inventor: Sung-Yu Chen
  • Patent number: 11811160
    Abstract: A plug contact for an electrical charging connector includes: a contact element having a contact area with at least one spring-loaded contact means, and a connection area for connecting an electrical conductor; a cooling element arranged at least in some areas around the contact area; and a heat-conducting element arranged between the cooling element and the contact element. The heat-conducting element is elastic and thermally and mechanically contacts the cooling element and the contact element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: PHOENIX CONTACT E-MOBILITY GMBH
    Inventor: Thomas Fuehrer
  • Patent number: 11801798
    Abstract: A joint connector configured to have a plurality of wire harnesses connected thereto and join the plurality of wire harnesses, the joint connector including a sub-connector configured to have connectors of the plurality of wire harnesses inserted therein, a housing inside which the sub-connector is provided, a plurality of joint terminals arranged in parallel with each other in a protruding state within the housing and respectively connected to the connectors of the plurality of wire harnesses, and a relay unit provided in the housing and connected to the plurality of joint terminals, the relay unit being configured to, based on information included in data transmitted from an in-vehicle ECU or in-vehicle sensor connected to the plurality of wire harnesses, perform relay control of the data between the plurality of joint terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiromichi Yasunori, Makoto Chujo
  • Patent number: 11804669
    Abstract: An electronic equipment comprises a case and a connector which is attached to the case. The connector comprises a housing and a waterproofing member. The waterproofing member is sandwiched by a mating connector and a side portion of the housing in a second direction when the connector is mated with the mating connector. The waterproofing member has at least one first contact portion, at least one second contact portion, at least one third contact portion and at least one fourth contact portion. The third contact portion is pressed against the side portion in the second direction by elasticity of the waterproofing member upon the mating of the connector with the mating connector. The fourth contact portion is pressed against and in contact with the mating connector in the second direction by the elasticity of the waterproofing member upon the mating of the connector with the mating connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Tetsuya Komoto, Akira Kimura, Keisuke Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11799228
    Abstract: It is aimed to prevent the damage and deformation of a terminal fitting. A connector is provided with a housing including a terminal accommodation chamber, and a terminal fitting including a tube portion and a resilient contact piece accommodated in the tube portion, the terminal fitting being inserted into the terminal accommodation chamber. A front wall portion of the housing is formed with a tab insertion hole into which a tab (T) of a mating terminal is inserted to enter the tube portion from front and contact the resilient contact piece. A left front plate portion is formed forward of the resilient contact piece in the terminal fitting. The front wall portion of the housing is formed with a detection hole open separately from the tab insertion hole. The detection hole is disposed at a position facing the left front plate portion in the front wall portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Tetsuya Miyamura
  • Patent number: 11791588
    Abstract: A liquid discharge structure includes a bottom wall with a discharge opening for liquid, the liquid being collected inside a casing which is configured to be installed in a vehicle, a blocking wall disposed outside the bottom wall so that the blocking wall is overlapped with the discharge opening in a plan view on the bottom wall and opposed to the bottom wall with a gap, and a pair of vertical walls extending towards the bottom wall from the blocking wall in a front-rear direction of the vehicle, the pair of vertical walls being opposed to each other in a width direction of the vehicle, wherein the pair of vertical walls is configured to define a discharge path together with the bottom wall and the blocking wall, the discharge path being opened towards both of a front and rear side of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi Yokoyama, Yusuke Nagai, Makoto Goto
  • Patent number: 11791599
    Abstract: An electric cable includes a terminal, and a manufacture method thereof is to suppress shedding of wire strands from a core wire. The electric cable with terminal includes an end of an electric cable connected to the terminal. The electric cable includes a core wire that is a bundle of a plurality of wire strands. The terminal includes a connection portion in which the core wire is exposed at the end of the electric cable. The core wire is placed on the connection portion including a welded portion that is to be ultrasonic welded to the connection portion. The welded portion includes a high compression portion in which the core wire is compressed, and a low compression portion in which a position that is closer than the high compression portion to the end of the core wire is compressed at a compression lower than that of the high compression portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kotaro Takada, Osamu Nakayama
  • Patent number: 11784427
    Abstract: A socket actuation mechanism for package insertion and package-socket alignment, including: a socket frame comprising a plurality of first hinge portions; a carrier frame comprising: a center portion comprising one or more package interlocks; and a tab extending from a first end of the carrier frame, the tab comprising a second hinge portion couplable with the plurality of first hinge portions to form a hinge coupling the carrier frame to the socket frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Peng Li, Changwei Liang
  • Patent number: 11784447
    Abstract: An embedded shelf power taking system has a power supply track and an electrical component disposed on the power supply track, the power supply track has two strip-shaped baffles, a bottom plate and two strip-shaped electrical conductive members; the embedded shelf power taking system of the invention can be embedded into the wall for hidden installation, integrates the functions of fixing the laminate and fetching electricity with electric appliances on the laminate, and can fetch electricity at the same time when installing the laminate, which is convenient for installation and stable and reliable for fetching electricity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Self Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuanfang Xue, Zhaoyong Zheng, Junjun Ying
  • Patent number: 11777244
    Abstract: A socket connector includes an array of socket contacts arranged in rows and columns. The socket contacts have upper mating interfaces for mating with a first electronic package and lower mating interfaces for mating with a second electronic package. The socket contacts are configured to electrically connect the first and second electronic packages. Each socket contact includes an upper cap, a lower cap, and a spring beam helically coiled between the upper cap and the lower cap. The spring beam is compressible. The upper cap, the lower cap and the spring beam are additive manufactured such that the upper cap, the lower cap and the spring beam form a unitary, three-dimensional conductive structure to electrically connect the first and second electronic packages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GmbH
    Inventor: Brian Patrick Costello
  • Patent number: 11777234
    Abstract: A power cord includes at least one electrically insulated wire, including a wire conductor disposed within an insulated sleeve, and a connection terminal. The connection terminal includes a crimp portion crimped and soldered to the wire conductor at least one end of the at least one insulated wire. The power cord further includes a heat shrink sleeve covering the crimp portion of the connection terminal and a portion of the insulated sleeve of the at least one electrically insulated wire, and an overmold molded around at least a portion of the heat shrink sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: THE WIREMOLD COMPANY
    Inventors: Jeffrey Hemingway, Richard R. Picard, Steven C. Thibault
  • Patent number: 11772548
    Abstract: A vehicular, adaptive brake light to custom light sequencing system generally includes an OEM vehicular brake light circuit electrically connected to OEM brake lights of a vehicle, and an aftermarket flashing circuit electrically connected within or to the OEM vehicular brake light circuit to cause the OEM brake lights to flash. The system further includes an aftermarket directional indicator circuit electrically connected within or to the OEM vehicular brake light circuit and electrically connected to the aftermarket flashing circuit to effectuate a flashing of at least one of an OEM left brake light and an OEM right brake light. The system also includes an aftermarket hazard light circuit that is electrically connected within or to the OEM brake light circuit and to the aftermarket flashing circuit to effectuate a flashing hazard by the OEM brake lights. Alternate sequencing systems include solid state electronics and protection against environmental contaminants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: XTC Motorsports LLC
    Inventors: Christopher R. Leaming, Robert F. Leaming
  • Patent number: 11777255
    Abstract: A power distribution unit includes a housing; a plurality of power outlet modules accommodated in the housing, at least one of the power outlet modules including a socket having at least three electrical terminals which are configured to connect with one power cord plug of various types of power cord plugs, including a C14 plug and a C20 plug, and a sliding cover having a central opening, the sliding cover being slidable on an outer casing of the socket and engageable with the power cord plug when the power cord plug is completely inserted into the socket, thereby providing a secure connection between the socket and the power cord plug; and at least one power input module providing power to the power outlet modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Austin Hughes Electronics Ltd
    Inventor: Man Hin Choi
  • Patent number: 11769969
    Abstract: A connector includes a housing; a cage surrounding the housing; first contacts that are located in the housing and that transmit high-speed signals; second contacts that are located in the housing, that transmit low-speed signals, and that each include a portion that extends from a top surface of the housing; first cables connected to the first contacts; and second cables connected to the second contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: SAMTEC, INC.
    Inventors: Jignesh H. Shah, Jean Karlo Williams Barnet
  • Patent number: 11764496
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes two pads having the same shape. Each pad has a connector body with a first groove, a second groove, and a hole. The hole extends through the connector body between the first groove and the second groove. A fastener extends through the hole of both of the two pads so that the two pads having the same shape are connected to one another and are pivotable around the fastener relative to one another with the two first grooves contacting a first conductor when the first conductor is in an installed position and the two second grooves contacting a second conductor when the second conductor is in an installed position. A spring is between a first end of the fastener and one of the two pads having the same shape so that the spring biases the two pads having the same shape towards each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventor: Prasanna Shanmugam
  • Patent number: 11764493
    Abstract: A terminal to be connected to a wire is provided with a terminal body including a sandwiching portion for sandwiching the wire, and a tubular slide portion for accommodating the terminal body inside, the slide portion being slidable with respect to the terminal body. The slide portion includes a wide portion located on a front side in a sliding direction of the slide portion and a narrow portion located behind the wide portion in the sliding direction, an inner shape of the slide portion being narrower in the narrow portion than in the wide portion. The narrow portion is provided with a pressurizing portion projecting inwardly of the slide portion. The pressurizing portion presses the sandwiching portion toward the wire with the slide portion 16 slid in the sliding direction with respect to the terminal body and the narrow portion located outside the sandwiching portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shunya Takeuchi, Masaaki Tabata, Hajime Matsui, Nungna Wi
  • Patent number: 11764522
    Abstract: A receptacle connector having a plurality of airflow holes positioned to avoid heat buildup inside a receptacle shell, preventing deformation to the housing of a short, high density connector during solder reflow. The airflow holes may be in a bent portion joining a top face and rear face of the shell. The receptacle connector may be mounted to a substrate, such as a printed circuit board, leaving a gap between the connector and the substrate, forming an airflow passage between the substrate and the receptacle connector, enabling heated air to reach mounting portions of terminals of the connector during soldering, but reducing heat buildup within the shell. The passage, alone or in combination with a cutout in a face of the shell, may expose terminal contacts of the receptacle connector to provide for easy inspection and rework of the solder joints between the terminal contacts and the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Amphenol East Asia Ltd.
    Inventors: Wen Te (Hank) Hsu, Sheng-Fen Sang