Patents Examined by Hien Vu
  • Patent number: 9172171
    Abstract: A connector housing includes a terminal accommodating chamber, a lance and a pair of arms. The terminal accommodating chamber is formed with an opening configured such that a terminal is inserted therethrough. The lance extends from a top wall of the terminal accommodating chamber toward the opening in an extending direction. The pair of arms are respectively formed integrally to both lateral side surfaces of the lance, extend from both the lateral side surfaces to front and back sides of the lance in the extending direction, and are connected to a bottom wall of the terminal accommodating chamber. An unlocking protrusion is formed in one of the arms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventor: Shin Nemoto
  • Patent number: 9172159
    Abstract: A process for the production of a plug, in which a circuit board panel with openings is provided for forming a circuit board. A plug insert, having a plurality of pins and a plurality of plug contact surfaces, is then placed in one of the openings, by means of an automatic SMD fitment device, in such a way that at least one pin of the plug rests on the circuit board panel, and at least two plug contact surfaces, which are electrically connected to the pins, rest on the circuit board, with the contact surfaces of the plug being on one plane. The plug contact surfaces are then automatically soldered to at least one of the contact surfaces of the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: Sennheiser electronics GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Lars Heine
  • Patent number: 9166342
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulating body, a terminal set, a wire, and a shielding housing having an upper shell body and a lower shell body. A support part of the first buckling sheet which is penetrated through a first buckle hole of the lower shell body is rivetedly pressed on an outer peripheral edge of the first buckle hole of the lower shell body. An upper side and a lower side of the wire are pressed by a top plate of the upper shell body and the bottom plate of the lower shell body so that the upper and lower shell bodies of the shielding housing can be integrally formed, thereby promoting the bulk intensity of the produced electrical connector, preventing the internal mechanism of the electrical connector from damage due to the oscillation of the wire, and promoting the reliability of the produced electrical connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: FREEPORT RESOURCES ENTERPRISES CORP.
    Inventors: Wusong Tao, Yu Wang
  • Patent number: 9166348
    Abstract: A coaxial connector includes a body, a post, a coupling nut, and a sealing member. The sealing member is axially compressed between a rear end facing surface of the coupling nut and a front end facing surface of the hollow body in order to facilitate improved grounding and RF shielding characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Corning Gilbert Inc.
    Inventors: Donald Andrew Burris, William Bernard Lutz
  • Patent number: 9166338
    Abstract: A connecting system having a female element including a hollow flared part for receiving and guiding a male element and a hollow mating part for mating with the male element. A part to be mated of the male element has an outside diameter that before the mating is larger than an inside diameter of the mating part of the female element, and the part to be mated of the male element is made of a material that can be strained and has a corrugated transverse cross section, so as to contract when it is plugged into the mating part of the female element, and/or the mating part of the female connection element is made of a material that can be strained and has a corrugated transverse cross section, so as to dilate when the part to be mated of the male element is plugged into it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: Commissariat A L 'Energie Atomique Et Aux Energies Alternatives
    Inventors: Francois Marion, Baptiste Goubault de Brugiere, Stéphane Lagarrigue, Marion Volpert, Michel Heitzmann
  • Patent number: 9160088
    Abstract: Backplane communication system including a backplane and a rack assembly having an array of electrical connectors with respective mating ends. The backplane communication system also includes a plurality of guide pins that each have a cross-sectional diameter taken transverse to an axis of the guide pin. The backplane interfaces with the rack assembly such that the guide pins extend through guide holes of the backplane and the electrical connectors are aligned with mating windows. Each of the guide pins has a leading segment that extends through the corresponding guide hole and a trailing segment that is disposed within the corresponding guide hole. The cross-sectional diameter along the trailing segment is greater than the cross-sectional diameter along the leading segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Jared Evan Rossman, Christopher Ritter, Robert Paul Nichols
  • Patent number: 9160124
    Abstract: A compliant mount for use in a connector or connection adapter is disclosed. The compliant mount may be used in a connection between a portable electronic device and another electronic device, such as a docking station. A compliant mount connector adapter may include a first end connector engageable with a portable device and a second end connector engageable with another device, the first and second end connectors coupled with a compliant mount allowing movement of the first end connector engaged with the portable device relative to the second end connector when engaged within the other electronic device. The compliant mount may include any or all of: elastomers, springs, torsion bars, elastomers, rigid members or housing, ball and socket joints, resilient bendable members, and dongles to allow for controlled resistance to bending or torsional forces applied to the portable device when connected to the other electronic device with the connector adapter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ian P. Colahan, Paul J. Thompson, Michael J. Webb
  • Patent number: 9153898
    Abstract: The invention relates to an enclosure assembly for at least of a variety of in particular standardized connectors on a cable, such as RJ45, HDMI and others. The enclosure assembly has a connector volume located within an inner body of the enclosure assembly. The connector volume is adapted to moveably accommodate the connector. The inner body is open to an outer environment and a forward and a rearward end. The enclosure assembly further includes an outer body adapted to slide over the inner body in a forward direction. The outer body is provided with at least one locking element for securing the enclosure assembly to a mating enclosure. As a further improvement to the known connector assemblies, the connector volume is located within an electromagnetic shielding structure and the electromagnetic shielding structure is located within the inner body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Nederland B.V.
    Inventors: Freddy Jean Philip Dendas, Thomas Taake De Boer
  • Patent number: 9153899
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly is provided. The assembly includes a terminal, a housing, and a seal. The seal is configured to create a moisture barrier between the housing and a mating connector. The seal defines a retainer portion that cooperates with the housing to retain the terminal to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: John R. Morello, James M. Rainey
  • Patent number: 9153902
    Abstract: Certain embodiments herein relate to mounting configurations for transferring forces or loads away from connectors for a device. A mounting element may be secured to a connector and, in response to the connector receiving a certain amount of force, may move the connector to a surface or an element associated with the device that may be more suitable for withstanding the force. Various positions of a mounting element with respect to a connector, and/or geometric variations of the mounting element, may allow the mounting element to move the connector in multiple planes, such as vertical, horizontal, and/or diagonal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Paul Davies, Angel Wilfredo Martinez, Andrew McIntyre, Brandon Michael Potens
  • Patent number: 9147953
    Abstract: A plug connector for solder-mounting on a circuit board, comprising an insulating body and at least one oblong electrical plug contact held therein in a receptacle chamber, that extends between a foot part associated with a circuit board and a head part of the insulating body that faces the foot part at a distance. The at least one plug contact comprises at a front end that is close to the head part an accessible electrically contactable plug section, a central section adjacent to the plug section, and, adjacent to the central section, an exposed soldering section at a rear end that is close to the foot part. According to the invention, the central section comprises a rigid cylindrical holding zone adjacent to the plug section as well as a cylindrical flexible deformation zone extending between the holding zone and the soldering section, so that the plug section of the at least one plug connector can be shifted laterally in relation to the soldering section in case of a deformation of the deformation zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: CONINVERS GmbH
    Inventors: Gerhard Wehrle, Holger Ritter
  • Patent number: 9142909
    Abstract: A weld cable connector system that includes a first terminal and a terminal protection system. The first terminal includes a first lock feature. The first terminal is configured to couple with a welding component and to conduct a welding power. The terminal protection system includes a cap, a base coupled to the first terminal, and a tether coupled to the base and to the cap. The cap includes a first mating lock feature. The cap is configured to removably couple with the first terminal in a first locking position to separate the first terminal from an external environment. The first mating lock feature is configured to interface with the first lock feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: Jeffery R. Ihde, Thomas D. Lahti
  • Patent number: 9136640
    Abstract: A straight-blade, cord-end-connected electrical connector for connection to a connector-engaging member. The connector has a connector-body main portion including a forward portion terminating in a connecting face presenting the engagement means of the connector for axial engagement with the engagement means of the connector-engaging member. The connector also includes a connector-body cord-engagement portion for permanent trans-axial securement of the cord to the main portion and a rearward gripping portion for facilitating manual engagement/disengagement of the connector with the connector-engaging member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Inventor: Drew Sying Liu
  • Patent number: 9130331
    Abstract: A rotating connector includes a cable accommodation chamber formed between an outer case and an inner case in their radial direction, a flexible flat cable housed in the cable accommodation chamber, and multiple idlers housed in the cable accommodation chamber. The idlers are rotatably provided in a direction of an annular slidable member. The idlers are rotatable on their own axes. The flat cable is wound on an inner periphery of the outer case and an outer periphery of the inner case by way of a reversed portion of the flat cable. The flat cable is wound thereon in opposite directions. The idlers are pivotally supported by the slidable member so as to change a space between the idlers and the inner case and a space between the idlers and the outer case depending on winding of the flat cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masakazu Umemura, Hideki Adachi, Tomoyoshi Kikkawa, Hiraku Tanaka
  • Patent number: 9130302
    Abstract: An audio jack connector includes an insulating housing which has a base body defining a holding cavity in a bottom thereof and an inserting body defining an inserting chamber, a plurality of electrical terminals disposed in the base body, a fixing member fastened in the holding cavity of the insulating housing to cover and hold the electrical terminals in the base body, and a sealing tape covering under the fixing member and adhered outside the insulating housing and the fixing member to seal up splicing gaps between sidewalls of the holding cavity and peripheral edges of the fixing member. So the audio jack connector can effectively prevent the water vapor and dust passing through the inserting chamber onto a printed circuit board of an electronic product where the audio jack connector is used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: CHENG UEI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Cheng Wang Yang, Chao Yong Ye, Kai Hsiang Chang
  • Patent number: 9130287
    Abstract: A power connector includes an insulative housing, at least a pair of power contacts assembled to the at least one contact-receiving passage. The pair of power contacts are arranged oppositely along an up-to-down direction and cooperating with each other. Each of the at least a pair of power contacts includes a cable termination portion, a contacting portion and an intermediate portion connecting the cable termination portion and the contacting portion. One lateral edge of the intermediate portion is a first latching portion, and the other lateral edge of the intermediate portion is a second latching portion. Thus, when the pair of power contacts are assembled together, the first latching portion of one power contact cooperates with the second latching portion of the other power contact, while the second latching portion of the one power contacts cooperates with the first latching portion of the other power contact to form a hollow frame therebetween along an up-to-down direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: ALLTOP ELECTRONICS (SUZHOU) LTD.
    Inventors: Hung-Chi Tai, Yung-Chih Hung, Chieh-Yu Cheng
  • Patent number: 9118135
    Abstract: A high voltage connecting terminal for a power supply with improved insulating properties is disclosed. The high voltage connecting terminal may include a power connecting portion having a base plate mounted at one side of a conducting case in which a first opening and a first fastening hole are formed and a power connecting terminal formed to protrude at one side of the base plate, an insulating member interposed between the conducting case and the power connecting portion and having a third opening and a third fastening hole formed therein, and an insulating gasket mounted at the other side of the conducting case and having a fourth opening and a fourth fastening hole formed therein, the insulating gasket including a protruding portion formed along an outer circumference of the fourth opening so as to pass through the first opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD
    Inventors: Eun-Ok Kwak, Jong-Wook Yoon
  • Patent number: 9106037
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a socket having rotary plug structure which comprises a housing and a rotary plug exposed outside the housing. At least a first socket is coupled to the rotary plug thereby allowing an electric equipment to be inserted. The rotary plug includes a rotation part and a ground pin fastened in the rotation part. A fasten pin is formed in the rotation part, wherein the distanced defined from the center point of the ground pin to the center point of the fasten pin is 38.9 mm±10%. With the mentioned structure, the socket having rotary plug structure is enabled to be fastened onto a socket panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: POWERTECH INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yu-Lung Lee, Yu-Hsuan Chen
  • Patent number: 9106036
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulating housing, a plurality of terminals and a shielding shell. The insulating housing has a top wall, a bottom wall, a rear wall and two side walls together forming an inserting chamber thereamong. The top wall and the bottom wall respectively define a plurality of first terminal grooves and second terminal grooves which are opened symmetrically about the inserting chamber and communicate with the inserting chamber. The terminals include the first terminals and the second terminals. The first terminals and the second terminals are respectively inserted frontward in the first terminal grooves and the second terminal grooves of the insulating housing to be arranged in two rows in vertical direction. The first terminals and the second terminals are symmetrical in structure and arrangement about the inserting chamber. The shielding shell encloses the insulating housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: CHENG UEI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chih-Lin Yang
  • Patent number: 9106028
    Abstract: A connector for a card having a housing for housing a card equipped with a terminal member, a connection terminal attached to the housing for contacting the terminal member of the card and a detecting switch equipped with a first contact member and a second contact member for detecting separation from each other and the insertion of a card into the housing, wherein at least the first contact member or the second contact member is equipped with a fixed portion fixed to the housing and a moving portion displaceable by the housing and unevenly mated with the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: Molex Incorporated
    Inventors: Yasuyoshi Matsumoto, Mitsuhiro Tomita, Takashi Fujikawa