Patents Examined by Hien Vu
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Patent number: 8840428Abstract: To electromagnetically-shield an L-shaped terminal in a compact and reliable manner while easily and securely fixing the L-shaped terminal, there is employed an insulating split inner housing having an L-shaped terminal receiving portion including an electric-contact-portion-side receiving portion covering an electric contact portion of the L-shaped terminal connected to a shielded wire and a wire-connection-portion-side receiving portion covering a wire connection portion of the L-shaped terminal, the electric-contact-portion-side receiving portion is covered by a conductive shield shell, the wire-connection-portion-side receiving portion is covered by a conductive housing connected to the shield shell and to a shield portion of the shielded wire, and the L-shaped terminal is insulated by the inner housing from the shield shell and the conductive housing.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2010Date of Patent: September 23, 2014Assignee: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Takashi Omae, Kazuki Zaitsu
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Patent number: 8840427Abstract: A socket with an assembling and unloading mechanism comprises: a frame, having at least one installing hole; at least one holding member for assembling and unloading the frame and having a plate member and a pair of flexible clamping members disposed on the two sides of the plate member, the plate member has an accepting hole, each of the flexible clamping members has a pressing portion and a hook disposed on the one side of the pressing portion and driven by the pressing portion, each hook buckles the peripheral of the frame adjacent to the installing hole; and at least one connecting port, connecting to the inside of the accepting hole; wherein the hook is unloaded from the frame while pressing the pressing portion, and the holding member is withdrawn from the installing hole.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2012Date of Patent: September 23, 2014Assignee: YFC-Boneagle Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ying-Ming Ku, Chun-Chieh Chen
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Patent number: 8834197Abstract: A cable assembly comprises a metallic housing defining a receiving room and a number of protruding plates formed in the receiving room, and a printed circuit board received into the receiving room. The printed circuit board defines a front mating portion and a rear terminating portion defining a number of slits formed thereon for the protruding plates to pass through. And a cable comprises a plurality conductive wires electrically connected with the printed circuit board and spaced apart from each other by the protruding plates.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2013Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jerry Wu, Chien-Chiung Wang, Jun Chen, Fan-Bo Meng
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Patent number: 8827743Abstract: A male coaxial connector structure for mating with a corresponding female connector structure to provide electrical connections at microwave frequencies. The male coaxial connector structure includes a coaxial outer conductor structure having a central longitudinal axis and a central open region, with a face region at a leading end of the outer conductor structure, defining a continuous uninterrupted coaxial outer conductor surface. An outer compression finger structure is disposed outside of and adjacent the coaxial outer conductor surface and having a plurality of longitudinally oriented slots forming individual finger regions. The face region is configured to contact a corresponding face surface of the female connector structure with the male and female connectors mated together. The finger regions of the outer compression finger structure are configured to compress to fit into the outer conductor receptacle of the female connector.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2013Date of Patent: September 9, 2014Assignee: Maury Microwave, Inc.Inventor: Marc A. Maury
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Patent number: 8821197Abstract: In a fuse terminal in which a frame is formed by a bottom wall part, a pair of sidewall parts and a top wall part, a pair of contact terminals are respectively arranged at right and left positions within the frame, and the tab terminal of a fuse advanced into the frame is inserted between the pair of contact terminals and closely made in contact therebetween by contact loads due to elastic restoring forces of the pair of contact terminals, one of the contact terminals is a wound spring type contact terminal which is formed by being extended from the frame and folded for a plurality of times along the one sidewall part, and the other contact terminal is a leaf-spring type contact terminal which is extended from the frame through a flexible rod part and arranged almost in parallel to the other sidewall part via a gap.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2010Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignee: Yazaki CorporationInventor: Takashi Muro
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Patent number: 8821174Abstract: A floating connector has a stationary housing, a movable housing, and a reinforcing member. The reinforcing member is made of a metal plate and is provided with a first plate portion and a second plate portion. The first plate portion is embedded in a guide portion of the stationary housing so as to extend in a depth direction. The second plate portion is embedded in the guide portion so as to extend inward in a width direction from one end in the depth direction of the first plate portion.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2012Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignee: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, LimitedInventors: Masaki Kimura, Yuichi Takenaga
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Patent number: 8821190Abstract: A fuse unit includes a first connection part to which power is fed and a second connection part to be connected with a mating terminal. The second connection part includes a bolt connection portion to which the mating terminal is connected by a bolt and a connecter connection portion to which the mating terminal is connected by a connector.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2012Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignee: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Norio Matsumura, Hidenori Kibushi
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Patent number: 8814595Abstract: A broadside coupled connector assembly has two sets of conductors, each separate planes. By providing the same path lengths, there is no skew between the conductors of the differential pair and the impedance of those conductors is identical. The conductor sets are formed by embedding the first set of conductors in an insulated housing having a top surface with channels. The second set of conductors is placed within the channels so that no air gaps form between the two sets of conductors. A second insulated housing is filled over the second set of conductors and into the channels to form a completed wafer. The ends of the first and second sets of conductors and the blades are jogged in both an x- and y-coordinate to reduce crosstalk and improve electrical performance.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2012Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: Amphenol CorporationInventors: Thomas S. Cohen, Huilin Ren, Marc B. Cartier, Jr., Trent K. Do, Mark W. Gailus
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Patent number: 8814599Abstract: A cable connector assembly comprises an insulative housing (1), a number of contacts (2), a cable (6) electrically connected with the contacts, and a metallic shell (3) enclosing the insulative housing. The insualtive housing includes a base portion (11) and a tongue portion (12) extending forwardly from the base portion. The metallic shell comprises a front shell (31) and a rear shell (32) combined with each other, the rear shell defines a pair of continued portions (322) extending backwards from an upper surface and a lower surface thereof, the continued portions is pressing on the cable, and the cable connector assembly further has a crimping ring (7) enclosing on the continued portions and the cable.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2012Date of Patent: August 26, 2014Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.Inventor: Jerry Wu
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Patent number: 8808035Abstract: An audio jack connector (100) includes an insulating housing (1) and a number of contacts (2) assembled in the insulating housing. The insulating housing defines a mating surface (111) with an insertion hole (14) through which an audio plug is inserted into a receiving channel (15) of the insulating housing, a rear surface (123) opposite to the mating surface, a mounting surface (121) facing to a printed circuit board, and a top surface (122) opposite to the mounting surface. The audio jack connector includes an insulative plate (4) attached to the rear surface of the insulating housing and a solidified glue portion (5) formed between the insulative plate and the insulating housing. The insulative plate defines a plurality of holes (41) through which the contacts extending out of the insulating housing. The rear surface of the insulating housing is sealed by the insulative plate and the solidificated glue portion.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2013Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Feng-Hui Wu, Wei-De Zhang
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Patent number: 8794983Abstract: An electrical connector includes an outer housing having two side arms extended from two opposite lateral sides of a holder base thereof and defining with the holder base a sliding space, a movable inner housing movable in and out of the sliding space and having two upright sidewalls at two opposite lateral sides of a bottom panel thereof and defining with the bottom panel a mating space, mating contact pins mounted at the bottom panel of the movable inner housing and partially suspending in the mating space, and a flexible connection interface electrically connected with the mating contact pins and extending out of the movable inner housing and the outer housing for connection to an external transmission interface.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2012Date of Patent: August 5, 2014Assignee: Santa Electronics Inc.Inventor: Hsien-Chun Liu
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Patent number: 8790138Abstract: An electrical connector socket includes an insulating base, a first group of signal terminals, a second group of signal terminals, and a third group of signal terminals. The first group of signal terminals includes first terminals for transmitting a first signal. The second group of signal terminals includes second terminals and third terminals, and the second terminals and the third terminals are used for transmitting a second signal. The third group of signal terminals includes fourth terminals, the second terminals are located between the first group of signal terminals and the third group of signal terminals, the fourth terminals are used for transmitting a third signal, and the first group of signal terminals and the third group of signal terminals are used for transmitting a fourth signal.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2012Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: Advanced Connection Technology, Inc.Inventors: Ching-Shun Wang, Chia-Ho Chang, Yuan-Bin Tang
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Patent number: 8784121Abstract: The invention relates to a control device (1) for a motor vehicle, comprising a housing (10) and at least one circuit carrier (20), which is arranged in an inner chamber of the housing (10) and comprises at least one first contact element (22) that establishes an electric connection to at least one second contact element (17) of a plug receptacle (50) on at least one housing wall (11), wherein the second contact element (17) is guided through the at least one housing wall (11) and is designed on the inside as a contact spring that rests against an associated first contact element (22) by spring force, and to a related method for mounting a control device for a motor vehicle. According to the invention, the at least one housing wall (11) comprises receiving means (11.1) for a first circuit carrier (20), wherein the first circuit carrier (20) is guided through guide means (13.1) designed in the housing (10), wherein the guide means (13.1) and/or the receiving means (11.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2010Date of Patent: July 22, 2014Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Oliver Gradtke, Walter Roethlingshoefer, Christian Luckner
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Patent number: 8777644Abstract: The present invention relates to a plug with connecting device, which comprises a top housing having a connecting device extended at one side for being connected to a power adapter; two copper contact rings; a retaining seat; an electrode sheet base having a pivotal shaft; two electrode sheets; and a bottom housing engaged with the top housing; when the two electrode sheets are longitudinally rotated, the two electrode sheets are enable to be pivotally moved at the outside of the bottom housing, and the two electrode sheets are positioned when being latched in the first positioning slot, an electrical conducting state is formed between the electrode sheets and the connecting device so as to transfer electric power to a power adapter.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2012Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Taiwan Linetek Electronc Co., Ltd.Inventor: Jason Pai
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Patent number: 8777634Abstract: A magnetic connector has a receptacle and a plug. The receptacle has an electromagnet comprising an inner core, an outer core, a coil disposed around the inner core and an air gap defined by the edges of the inner and outer cores. The plug has a plug core and an anchor defined by the plug core edge. The anchor is configured to insert into the air gap as a receptacle socket electrically connects with plug pins. The coil is energized and de-energized so as to assist in the insertion or removal of the anchor from within the air gap and the corresponding connection and disconnection of the socket and pins.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2013Date of Patent: July 15, 2014Assignee: Cercacor Laboratories, Inc.Inventors: Massi Joe E. Kiani, Marcelo M. Lamego, Cristiano Dalvi, Hung The Vo
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Patent number: 8771016Abstract: An improved open pin field connector is provided for enhanced performance when carrying high speed signals by selective application of one or more techniques for controlling electrical performance parameters. Lossy material may be positioned adjacent to conductive elements of the connector so as to reduce resonance in pairs of conductive elements and/or to provide a desired characteristic impedance for pairs of differential signal conductors. The lossy material may be shaped and positioned to avoid capacitive coupling that might otherwise increase cross talk. In a right angle connector, the lossy material may have a step-wise increase in thickness to provide comparable loss along longer and shorter conductive elements. Conductive elements may be shaped to balance performance characteristics of pairs selected to carry differential signals regardless of orientation along a row or column.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2011Date of Patent: July 8, 2014Assignee: Amphenol CorporationInventors: Prescott B. Atkinson, Mark W. Gailus, Mark G. Hanrahan
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Patent number: 8771013Abstract: A system and method for a shielded coaxial cable including a collar including a cylindrical housing having a cylindrical inner bore, the inner bore having top and bottom openings the top opening having a diameter about equal to an outer diameter of an outer insulating layer of the cable and the bottom opening having a diameter about equal to an outer diameter of a shield layer of the cable with a terminating portion of the shield layer exposed and returned over an exterior portion of said collar near the bottom opening with the terminating portion overlapping said exterior portion; and a termination ferrule joined to the terminating portion that overlaps the exterior portion to simultaneously provide an electrical communication between the shield layer and the collar and provide a strain relief for the shielded cable disposed within the inner bore.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2012Date of Patent: July 8, 2014Assignee: Tesla Motors, Inc.Inventors: Nicholas Robert Kalayjian, Dino Sasaridis, Benjamin David Dettmann
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Patent number: 8771026Abstract: A conductive assembly having a conductive terminal, a conductive ribbon, and a clamp structure is disclosed. The clamp structure includes a base plate and a pair of jaws. The jaws extend respectively from two transverse sides of the base plate and form a V-shape opening being opposite to the base plate. An aperture is formed longitudinally in the center of the base plate, wherein the transverse width of the aperture is wider than the opening. The clamp structure stably and firmly holding the conductive terminal and the conductive ribbon.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2013Date of Patent: July 8, 2014Assignee: K.S. Terminals Inc.Inventor: Chih-Hsin Lin
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Patent number: 8771007Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for connecting electrical conductors to mutually different potentials, consisting of at least two electrical terminals (10) arranged alongside one another with plug receptacles (12) and at least two plug bridges (14) which have in each case at least two plug contacts (14.2) which are connected to one another via a top web (14.1) and can be plugged into the plug receptacles (12).Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2010Date of Patent: July 8, 2014Assignee: Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Heinz Reibke, Bernd Wilinski
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Patent number: 8771001Abstract: A card edge connector (100) includes an elongated housing (1) and a plurality of contacts (2). The housing (1) has two side walls (103) and a central slot (109) between the two side walls (103) for receiving a memory module (9). The card edge connector (100) includes a latching mechanism (5) mounted on the two side walls (103) for resisting the memory module (9) downwardly. The latching mechanism (5) can prevent the memory module (9) from moving upwardly, thereby the memory module (9) could be stably connected with the card edge connector (100).Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2012Date of Patent: July 8, 2014Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Zhuang-Xing Li, Xin-Wei Wang, Xue-Wu Bu