Patents Examined by Hien Vu
  • Patent number: 10062978
    Abstract: The invention relates to a terminal assembly and in particular a series terminal assembly for medium-voltage switchgears. The assembly includes at least two input-side connectors and at least two output-side connectors in addition to a configuration location. The input-side connectors and the output-side connectors are not interconnected in a fixed pre-configured manner. Each of the configuration locations for each input-side connector location and for each output-side connector location has a configuration connector location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Ralf Henke, Torsten Diekmann, Jörg Diekmann, Jan Meier
  • Patent number: 10056703
    Abstract: A telecommunications plug includes a housing having an insertion portion sized to be received in a telecommunications jack, and a circuit board at least partially disposed within the housing. The circuit board includes a plurality of contacts exposed through the insertion portion to electrically connect to contact springs of the telecommunications jack and a plurality of wire connections receiving wires of a telecommunications cable. The plug further includes a switching mechanism movable relative to the circuit board and configured to switch between first and second positions, wherein the first and second positions selectably provide capacitive crosstalk between wire pairs within the plug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: CommScope Connectivity Spain, S.L.
    Inventors: Jorge Gatnau Navarro, Maria Maqueda Gonzalez, Andres Martinez Garcia, Arturo Pachon Munoz, Jose Jaime Sanabra Jansa, Rafael Mateo Ferrus
  • Patent number: 10052962
    Abstract: A self-aligning motor assisted electrical Connector with exterior shape of a solid geometric form and accompanying complementary Receptacle (which when placed together form a Unit) that reduces the conventionally necessary exertion of force and dexterity requirements placed upon individuals and automated equipment, for use in transferring energy between a primary charging source and an electric vehicle or an energy storage device, such as a battery or battery bank; provided, however, that a transfer of energy may also occur by engaging such Unit so that the electric vehicle, battery or battery bank becomes the primary source of energy which transfers electric power through the Unit to an ultimate load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Inventors: Mark S. Dunger, James F. Dunger
  • Patent number: 10056708
    Abstract: A first contact part in which three or more first indent parts are projectingly provided on the same circumference and a second contact part in which one second indent part is projectingly provided, in a terminal insertion process, the first indent part of the first contact part slides on the second contact part and the second indent part of the second contact part slides on the first contact part, and at a terminal insertion completion position, the second indent part intrudes into a position surrounded by the three or more first indent parts and outer circumference surfaces of the first indent parts come into contact with outer circumference surfaces of the second indent part, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masanori Onuma, Ryo Fujikawa, Takahiro Yudate, Yoshitaka Ito
  • Patent number: 10050358
    Abstract: A power contacting device includes a contact pin (1) and at least one contact pin receptacle (2) penetrated by the contact pin in the operating state. To provide a power contact which permanently ensures high-quality contacting, even when the contacted components move relative to one another, the contact pin receptacle (2) has a first guide arrangement (3) which is fixed to a component in the operating state and a second guide arrangement (4) which is conductively connected to the first guide arrangement, the second guide arrangement (4) being arranged displaceably on the first guide arrangement (3) and the contact pin (1) conductively contacting at least the second guide arrangement (4) in the operating state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Leukert GmbH
    Inventors: Matthias Müller, Rudi Heinz Kolb
  • Patent number: 10044135
    Abstract: A high voltage connector includes an electric terminal and a housing elongated in a first direction along a longitudinal axis of the connector. An end surface of the electric terminal is mounted on an proximal end surface of the elongated housing with the respective body axis directions of the housing and the connector in parallel, and is arranged with an outer electric connection area for connection to an external electric terminal. The elongated housing is arranged at a distal end to receive at least one power cable for internal electrical connection of the at least one power cable with an inner connecting area of the electric terminal. The high voltage connector includes an encapsulating casing that encloses the electric terminal and the elongated housing in the first direction, and the encapsulating casing provides a closed space between the casing and the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: SINGLE BUOY MOORINGS INC.
    Inventors: Gerard Revol, Georges Dixneuf, Eric Murris, Terrence Lallouette, Samir Boutahar
  • Patent number: 10044139
    Abstract: The disclosed display structures comprises an electrical connecter having a first modular subsystem and a second modular subsystem. The first and second modular subsystems may have complementary guides configured to rotationally fix the first and second modular subsystems to one of a predetermined number of relative rotational orientations where the first and second modular subsystems can create an electrical connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: UCP INTERNATIONAL COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: David Jalbert
  • Patent number: 10038261
    Abstract: A plug connector includes a signal contact conductor to which an internal conductor of a coaxial cable is connected, a ground contact conductor to which an external conductor of the coaxial cable is connected, and an insulating housing that insulates the signal contact conductor from the ground contact conductor. The insulating housing includes an insulating main body in which the signal contact conductor is held and a protrusion that protrudes from a peripheral surface of the insulating main body in a radially outward direction of the insulating main body. The protrusion includes a base portion on which an insulator and the external conductor of the coaxial cable are placed and a pair of walls that are erected on the base portion and are disposed to interpose at least a tip of the external conductor therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: Dai-Ichi Seiko Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoichi Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 10038286
    Abstract: A first terminal module and a second terminal module are integrally assembled with the base, and each of the first terminal module and the second terminal module includes the insulator and the corresponding terminals embedded therein. The first terminal module and the second terminal module are stacked with each other with a metallic shielding plate therebetween. A plurality of wires are located behind the first and second terminal modules. An internal printed circuit board is located between the terminals and the wires in the front-to-back direction to respectively connect to the terminals and the wires. Each of the terminal modules is equipped with a metallic grounding bar connected to the printed circuit board and the wires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Jian-Kuang Zhu, Wei Zhong
  • Patent number: 10027066
    Abstract: A first terminal module and a second terminal module are integrally assembled with the base, and each of the first terminal module and the second terminal module includes the insulator and the corresponding terminals embedded therein. The first terminal module and the second terminal module are stacked with each other with a metallic shielding plate therebetween. The shielding plate includes front spring fingers and rear spring fingers respectively mechanically and electrically connected with the contacting sections and connecting sections of the respective grounding terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Wei Zhong, Jian-Kuang Zhu
  • Patent number: 10027064
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing enclosing a plurality of terminals and enclosed within a metallic shell. The shell forms a receiving cavity in which said housing is retained. The shell includes opposite top and bottom plates with a plurality of spring tangs split therefrom and extending into the receiving cavity. A top extension unitarily extends rearwardly from a front edge of the top plate and includes a front stationary base section intimately positioned upon the top plate, and a rear deflectable section including a plurality of spring fingers rearwardly extending from a rear end of the front base section in an oblique manner away from the top plate. The front base section forms a plurality of openings corresponding to free ends of the spring tangs for accommodating the corresponding free ends, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Jian-Long Hu, Dao-Zhen Bian, Shu-Jian Wang
  • Patent number: 10020620
    Abstract: There is provided a connector connectable to a mating connector that includes a first jack terminal configured to be coupled to a first plug terminal of the mating connector; a second jack terminal configured to be coupled to a second plug terminal of the mating connector; and a third jack terminal configured to be coupled to the second plug terminal of the mating connector, and having a resistor and a capacitor connected in series thereto. Upon the connector being separated from the mating connector, the second jack terminal is separated from the second plug terminal after the third jack terminal is separated from the second plug terminal, and the first jack terminal is separated from the first plug terminal after the second jack terminal is separated from the second plug terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Takashi Yuba, Koichi Kiryu, Akio Nakamura, Hideo Miyazawa
  • Patent number: 10016117
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to medical devices and, more particularly, to medical devices with electrical connectors. In one embodiment, a medical device may include a medical connector having one or more contacts configured to enable communication between the medical device and a medical monitor according to a Universal Serial Bus (USB) standard. The medical connector may also include an interface region disposed at least partially about the one or more contacts. The interface region may be configured to physically couple to a mating connector of the medical monitor. Additionally, the interface region may include a geometry or a dimension that does not comply with the USB standard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: Daniel Lisogurski, Friso Schlottau, Jonathan Snyder, Saba Bakhshi Khayani, Andy S. Lin
  • Patent number: 10014509
    Abstract: Provided is a battery wiring module including: a plurality of linear conductors disposed in parallel with a predetermined gap therebetween; a plurality of busbars disposed in parallel along at least one of the linear conductors disposed at both ends having a predetermined gap therebetween so as to electrically connect electrode terminals provided in at least two battery cells connected to each other in the same direction among the plurality of battery cells overlapping each other in the same direction, the electrode terminals being arranged in the same direction; a first insulating resin portion which integrally coats the outer peripheral portions of the plurality of linear conductors and a side edge portion adjacent to the linear conductor in the plurality of busbars; and a connection conductor which electrically connects the linear conductor and the busbar to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Ichikawa, Hirotaka Mukasa, Hirokuni Koike
  • Patent number: 10003146
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a terminal; a housing for holding the terminal; and a regulating metal member. The terminal includes a connecting portion to be connected to an electrical circuit board and a contact portion for contacting with a mating connecting member. The housing includes a fixed housing to be fixed to the electrical circuit board and a movable housing configured to be movable relative to the fixed housing. The regulating metal member is attached to the fixed housing, and includes a regulating portion for preventing the movable housing from abutting against the electrical circuit board. The terminal further includes an elastic portion configured to be capable of elastically deforming. The regulating portion is disposed to face or abut against a lower surface of the fixed housing. The movable housing includes a recessed portion in the lower surface thereof for accommodating the regulating portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: HIROSE ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kentaro Doi
  • Patent number: 9997853
    Abstract: A receptacle connector includes an insulative housing defining a base and a mating tongue extending from the base, the mating tongue defining a thicken step structure around a root thereof adjacent to the base; two rows of contacts disposed in the insulating housing with contacting sections exposed upon the mating tongue and mount tails out of the base; and a shielding plate embedded within the insulative housing and disposed between the two rows of contacts. The shielding plate defines a pair of locking sides for locking with an internal latch of a corresponding plug and the locking sides protruding beyond corresponding lateral sides of the mating tongue. The insulative housing and the shielding plate are integrally formed via an insert molding process while at least one row of the contacts are configured to be forwardly assembled to corresponding passageways in the insulating housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Terrance F. Little, Chih-Pi Cheng, Chao-Chieh Chen, Chun-Chieh Yang
  • Patent number: 9991616
    Abstract: The described embodiments relate generally to methods and apparatus for securely and efficiently joining components together. In some embodiments, a flexible printed circuit board and a rigid printed circuit board can be electrically coupled together by soldering electrical contacts distributed on the flexible printed circuit board to electrical contacts distributed on the rigid printed circuit board. The electrical contacts can be arranged and sized as desired to provide a desired amount of data and power transfer bandwidth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Corey N. Axelowitz, William A. Tashman, James Y. Yap
  • Patent number: 9984842
    Abstract: An electronic component including a component main body and a plurality of lead terminals is inserted and accommodated in a housing member, the lead terminals are brought into contact with a plurality of terminal fittings held in the housing member. The lead terminals are formed such that at least one of the number of lead terminals on each side surface before and after the reversing, a distance between the contact portion and the side surface of the component main body facing the contact portion, and a width dimension in a direction perpendicular to the extending direction of the contact portion differs, when the component main body is rotated at 180 degrees to reverse the positions of the pair of opposite side surfaces of the component main body. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent improper assembly of an electronic component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yukihiro Kawamura
  • Patent number: 9974337
    Abstract: An electronic cigarette includes a housing having a wall defining an inner space, and an inlet and an outlet providing access to the inner space, a vaporizer to produce a vapour and being located in the inner space of the housing, an electrical power device to provide electrical power to the vaporizer and being located in the inner space of the housing. The electrical power device includes a first electrical contact member being electrically connected to one of an anode and a cathode of the electrical power device, and a second electrical contact member being electrically connected to the other of the anode and the cathode of the electrical power device. The vaporizer includes a vaporizer outer surface, a third electrical contact member located on the vaporizer outer surface, and a fourth electrical contact member located on the vaporizer outer surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Sluis Cigar Machinery B.V.
    Inventors: Oscar Slurink, Mark Leendert Meijer
  • Patent number: 9979148
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electric device, especially to an output of a transformer, said output comprises a connecting portion, said connecting portion comprises a connecting rod, which partly inserts into said connecting portion and has an interference fit with said connecting portion, said connecting rod comprises a conductive first column portion that has an interference fit with a busbar, said first column portion axially arranges a conductive second column portion which has an interference fit with said first column portion, said second column portion is located inside of said first column portion, a thermal expansion coefficient of said second column portion is greater than that of said first column portion. Said transformer has such advantageous effects, 1. the same overlapping length increases more conductive surface for reducing a current density to achieve low temperature rising of connecting part; 2. amount of material is reduced and save the social source; 3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Inventor: Gong Zhu