Patents Examined by Hien D. Vu
  • Patent number: 10601160
    Abstract: A card edge connector structure includes: an insulation main body, having one side disposed with an insertion surface and having another side disposed with an installation surface; the insertion surface has an insertion port; two electrical conductive terminal sets, disposed in the insulation main body with a parallel arrangement means; each electric conductive terminal set has a positioning seat, grounding terminals and electrical conductive terminals protruded from the positioning seat, each grounding terminal has an inner side, a first end exposed in the insertion port and a second end exposed on the installation surface; and a grounding plate, disposed between the two electrical conductive terminal sets; two sides of the grounding plate are extended with grounding elastic arms towards a direction of each first end, and each grounding elastic arm is elastically abutted against the inner side of each grounding terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: JESS-LINK PRODUCTS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ya-Fen Kao, Ching-Hung Liu, Hsu-Yu Li, Yun-Chang Yang
  • Patent number: 10594069
    Abstract: A connector includes a lock member attached to a housing and configured to lock a terminal inside the housing. The lock member includes: a substantially plate-shaped base portion located in an outside of the housing; a first attachment portion provided in the base portion and configured to attach the lock member to the housing; and a locking portion configured to lock the terminal so that the terminal is held inside the housing. The base portion includes a first extension portion formed to extend, from the first attachment portion, in a longitudinal direction of the housing. The first extension portion includes a second attachment portion formed to attach the lock member to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Takeshi Kon, Nobumasa Motohashi, Manabu Yamanaka, Ryotaro Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 10594065
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a board edge connector. The board edge connector includes an insulating housing and a plurality of terminal groups. The insulating housing includes a supporting portion. Each of the terminal groups includes a plurality of terminals. Each terminal includes a holding portion, a resilient contact portion, a tail portion and a connecting portion. The terminal of at least one of the terminal groups has a longer connecting portion than the rest of the terminal groups. The longer connecting portion includes a supported portion extending in a front and back direction. The supporting portion includes a plurality of supporting grooves disposed thereon. The supported portion of the terminal is disposed on and supported by the supporting grooves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Ser Kiat Toh, Weng-Heng Liong
  • Patent number: 10587065
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electric plug-connector socket comprising a cylindrical socket sleeve, wherein the socket sleeve is designed with an accommodating space, into which is pushed a cylindrical lamella cage with a multiplicity of parallel contact lamellae, wherein the lamella cage has a first and second end-side, encircling collar crosspiece, and the contact lamellae run therebetween, wherein the lamella cage, on both collar crosspieces, has preferably window-like apertures, and wherein a stamping method is used to introduce, into the lateral surface of the socket sleeve, a plurality of convexities which extend into the window-like apertures such that a preferably force-fitting connection is formed between the lamella cage and the socket sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Amphenol-Tuchel Electronics GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Ungerer, Wolfgang Kerner, Timo Zentgraf, Michael Knödler
  • Patent number: 10587075
    Abstract: An anti-theft connector head structure includes at least a connector head, a latch lock piece, a fastening ring, and a protection sleeve. On a side of a main body of the connector head is disposed a first connector end, on the other side of the main body is disposed a second connector end. The latch lock piece is a flexible wire body, a tail portion of a movable end on one side of the latch lock piece is provided with a buckle, on the other side of the latch lock piece is a fixed end, disposed on the main body of the connector head. In a center of the fastening ring is provided with a connector seat, connected and fixed to a fixed point. In the protection sleeve is provided with a chamber, to receive the fastening ring and the buckle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: ELKA INTERNATIONAL LTD
    Inventors: Kai-Hsuan Lin, Yi-Chieh Cheng, You-Yuan Deng
  • Patent number: 10587062
    Abstract: An electrical assembly includes a housing extending between front and rear ends. The housing includes a post extending between a base end and a free that is loaded into a passage of the circuit board and engages the circuit board in a primary locking operation such that the post secures the housing to the board by a primary holding force. A contact is received in the housing and has a mating end at the front end of the housing for mating with a mating electrical assembly and a terminating end at the rear end of the housing for electrical connection with the board. The free end of the post is locked to the rear side of the board by a secondary locking operation that secures the housing to the board by a secondary holding force that is greater than the primary holding force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel Franklin Stack, David Allen Klein
  • Patent number: 10581198
    Abstract: A connector is provided in which, only inserting a plug and a socket with each other, a plug body and a socket body are rotated relative to each other around a center axis line to a regular position, and the overall outer diameter of the connector can be reduced. An outward protrusion 9 is provided on an outer peripheral surface of the distal end portion of an insertion portion 7 of a plug body 4, a plurality of inward ridges 17 extending in an axial direction facing are provided on the inner surface of a cylindrical portion 8 of a socket body 6, a groove 16 through which the outward protrusion 9 can pass is formed between each of the adjacent ridges 17, and an inclined cam surface 18 is provided on the inner surface of the cylindrical portion 8 closer to the proximal end portion than the ridge 17, so that the protrusion 9 can slidably contacts and guides the plug body 4 to a regular position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: WITCO OF JUPITER DENTSU CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Toshiyuki Seido
  • Patent number: 10581192
    Abstract: A connector 10 disclosed by this specification includes a housing (retainer 30), and a cover 50 to be attached to the housing from behind. The cover 50 includes an opening 57 open in a direction intersecting an attaching direction to the housing, a facing portion 58 facing the opening 57, an outer lock portion 55 provided at least on the facing portion 58 and an inner lock portion 54 provided adjacent to the outer lock portion 55. The housing includes an outer lock receiving portion 36 to be locked in a separating direction of the cover 50 by the outer lock portion 55 coming into contact therewith from an outer peripheral side and an inner lock portion 35 to be locked in the separating direction of the cover 50 by the inner lock portion 54 coming into contact therewith from an inner peripheral side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenya Takahashi, Daisuke Ito
  • Patent number: 10573987
    Abstract: A multipolar connector capable of easily assembling components thereof without requiring high positional accuracy for portions of the components that are to be fixed to each other. A multipolar connector is a multipolar connector for use in electrically connecting circuit boards to each other. The multipolar connector includes an external terminal that is fixed to a circuit board, an insulating member 16 that is fixed to the external terminal, and internal terminals that are respectively fitted to grooves, which are formed in the insulating member, so as to be partially exposed through the insulating member. The insulating member is placed such that the bottom surface thereof is in contact with an outer frame portion of the external terminal and fixed to the external terminal as a result of the top surface thereof being pressed by bending portions of the external terminal toward the outer frame portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Osaki, Chikara Uratani
  • Patent number: 10574011
    Abstract: Provided is a dummy tape assembly (60) that is attached to a rotary connector. The dummy tape assembly (60) includes a tape body (70) including a plurality of dummy tape portions (61) and a folding back portion (62) integrally formed therein. The plurality of dummy tape portions (61) differ in length in a length direction. The folding back portion (62) connects the dummy tape portions (61) to each other at end portions in the length direction of the dummy tape portions (61) in a folded state. The plurality of dummy tape portions (61) each include attachment holes (63) near both ends in length direction of each of the plurality of dummy tape portion (61), the openings being configured to allow the tape body (70) to be attached to the rotary connector (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignees: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Satoshi Tanaka, Hiroaki Inaba, Katsumi Takubo
  • Patent number: 10573992
    Abstract: A charging adapter comprises an insulative case and a circuit board assembly. The insulative case includes a first case and a second case, and defining a receiving cavity between the first and second cases. The circuit board assembly is retained in the receiving cavity. Each of the first and second cases comprises an inner shell and an outer shell molded together. The inner shells are made from hard plastic, and the outer shells are made from soft plastic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignees: FOXCONN (KUNSHAN) COMPUTER CONNECTOR CO., LTD., FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Yong-Qi Li, Jun Chen, Jerry Wu, Jian-Hui Tan, Yang-Tsun Hsu
  • Patent number: 10566735
    Abstract: Each of additional members of a connector is provided with a connection mechanism. The connection mechanism is provided with a spring portion and a plate piece portion. The plate piece portion has an end face. The end face is formed with a connection portion. The connection portion is oriented inward of the connector in a second direction and located in a receiving portion at least in part. The spring portion supports the plate piece portion so that the connection portion is moveable in the second direction. When the connector is mated with a mating connector, the connection portion is connected to a mating connection portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited
    Inventor: Kenta Ashibu
  • Patent number: 10553999
    Abstract: A connection module includes a busbar holding module including insulating protectors and an external connection busbar holder disposed above the busbar holding module. The insulating protectors include fixing portions joined to fixed portions provided in the power storage elements or another member to secure the external connection busbar holder. The external connection busbar holder includes a first external connection busbar and a second external connection busbar to which external connection members are bolted and engaging portions that engage with the fixing portions. Each of the fixing portions includes a fixing-reinforcement portion that is displaced to fill the clearance between the fixing portion and the fixed portion in response to engagement with the engaging portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki Fukushima, Osamu Nakayama, Katsushi Miyazaki, Seishi Kimura
  • Patent number: 10547133
    Abstract: A communication system includes a receptacle connector assembly and a pluggable module. The receptacle connector assembly includes a receptacle cage and a communication connector received in the receptacle cage and mounted to a host circuit board. The communication connector includes a connector housing holding contacts and extending between a front and a rear with a bottom of the connector housing mounted to the host circuit board and a longitudinal card slot open at a top of the connector housing. The pluggable module is received in the module channel in a loading direction and includes a module body and a plug board having a mating edge. The plug board is held in the module body in a vertical orientation with the mating edge at a bottom of the plug board being received in the card slot with the contact pads electrically coupled to corresponding contacts of the communication connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION
    Inventors: John Joseph Consoli, Chad William Morgan
  • Patent number: 10541484
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly comprising a first connector and a second connector mated with each other. The first connector includes a first shell forming a first mating surface thereon. A retractable first contact has a first contacting section moveable between an outer position coplanar with the first mating surface and an inner position recessed from the first mating surface. The second connector includes a second shell forming a second mating surface thereon. A stationary second contact has a second contacting section protruding beyond the second mating surface. During mating, the second contacting section abuts against the first contacting section in the mating direction and protrudes beyond the first mating surface to be snugly received within the first connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignees: FU DING PRECISION INDUSTRIAL (ZHENGZHOU) CO., LTD., FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Shuo-Hsiu Hsu, Nan-Hung Lin, Ming-Lun Szu
  • Patent number: 10541490
    Abstract: An electrical-terminal includes a planar blade-shaped isolator and a conductor. The planar blade-shaped isolator is formed of a dielectric material having a spine, a tip, and a web. The spine extends along a longitudinal-axis. The tip extends along a lateral-axis, and the web extends from the spine and terminates at the tip. The web defines a slot extending in the lateral direction from and normal to the spine. The conductor has a first-side that overlays a second-side and defines a U-shaped bend and a gap between the first-side and the second side. The U-shaped bend is aligned parallel to and opposite the spine. The conductor includes a conductive stand-off located intermediate the first side and the second side of the conductor. The conductive stand-off is disposed within the slot of the web such that the first-side and the second-side are in further electrical contact through the conductive stand-off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Aptiv Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Patrick Joseph Reedy, Michael L. Mellott, Steven William Marzo, Glenn E. Robison, Hoi Lui
  • Patent number: 10541101
    Abstract: An electric leakage protector includes a reset mechanism, a breaker mechanism, and a current detecting mechanism. The current detecting mechanism is used to control the breaker mechanism which includes a separated elastic member driving the moving contact to descend, and the reset mechanism includes a reset column, a connecting member, a first reset elastic member, a moving seat, and a second reset elastic member. The separated elastic member is coupled to the connecting member through the moving seat, and the reset column has a latch groove for latching the connecting member. The breaker mechanism is used to drive the connecting member to retreat from the latch groove, and the second reset elastic member is used to drive the reset column to ascend. After the reset column descends, the first reset elastic member drives the connecting member to be latched into the latch groove to miniaturize the electric leakage protector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: Dongguan City Tuocheng Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Juntuo Yang, Siwei Zhu
  • Patent number: 10530088
    Abstract: A stage pin electrical connector includes a housing having a first housing member and a second housing member. The first and second housing members are releasably connected together to define an interior, a conductor opening, a contact portion, and a contact opening. The contact portion includes a first snap-fit connection feature. A sleeve receives a contact member and has a second snap-fit connection feature configured to releasably mate with the first snap-fit connection feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Ryan Papageorge, Thomas Scanzillo, Christopher Carbone, Tom McLean
  • Patent number: 10522932
    Abstract: In a terminal holding structure of a connector, a straight portion of a terminal is press fitted into a terminal holding hole formed on a terminal holding wall of a resin housing, so as to be held therein. At least a pair of projecting portions projecting to both sides in a direction orthogonal to a press-fitting direction is formed on the outer surface of a region of the straight portion of the terminal corresponding to the terminal holding hole. The projecting portions are formed with the cross-section orthogonal to the straight portion including a wedge-shaped dent at a distal end. The dents are formed such that a dimension between bottom portions is larger than the dimension of the terminal holding hole at the position into which the projecting portions are press fitted. This enhances the holding power to the terminal, and enables the terminal to be held stably.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shingo Chiba, Akira Shinchi
  • Patent number: 10505295
    Abstract: A terminal for electrically connecting at least one conductor comprises an insulating material housing, a contact body with a contact frame and a contact spring, and an operating element. The operating element has a bearing region for rotatably mounting the operating element in the insulating material housing about a rotation axis, and at least one operating structure, which is at a radial distance from the bearing region and extends in the direction of the rotation axis, for moving the clamping limb between the conductor clamping position and the conductor release position in the event of a rotational movement of the operating element about its rotation axis. The insulating material housing has a supporting region which axially extends between the rotation axis and the operating structure to support the operating structure on the supporting region at least in the conductor release position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Electro Terminal GmbH & Co KG
    Inventor: Peter Moser