Patents Examined by Hien Vu
  • Patent number: 9979099
    Abstract: A crimp terminal has a crimp portion that is formed by bending a plate material into a hollow shape and that has at one end thereof an opening capable of accommodating and crimping a conductor portion of a coated wire. The crimp terminal includes a first weld portion obtained by bringing two edge portions of the crimp portion in close proximity to each other and joining by laser welding, and a second weld portion obtained by forming a lapped portion by overlapping of a transition portion formed at an opposite end of the crimp portion to the opening, and closing the lapped portion by laser welding. A welding trajectory in the second weld portion is constituted by a curve, a plurality of straight lines, or a discontinuously formed line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignees: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Takashi Tonoike, Yukihiro Kawamura, Saburo Yagi, Katsunori Takeda, Mikio Kuwahara
  • Patent number: 9960549
    Abstract: An electrical connector is disclosed. The electrical connector has a middle housing having a first upper contact spring and a first upper opening, an upper cover connected to the middle housing and having a first upper termination clamp, wherein the upper cover rotatably and linearly moves with respect to the middle housing between an open position and a closed position, and a cable having a first core, the first core extending into the first upper opening. In the closed position of the upper cover, the first upper termination clamp contacts the first core in an electrically conductive manner and abuts the first upper contact spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Strelow, Guenter Feldmeier, Martin Szelag, Bert Bergner, Ralf Schmidt, Christian Schrettlinger, Matthias Haucke, In Gon Kang
  • Patent number: 9960529
    Abstract: A communication plug is described. The communication plug has a communication cable with a plurality of conductors, a plug housing, and a cable manager partially enclosed within the plug housing. The cable manager has a load bar with a plurality of holes, a first cable management section connected to the load bar via a first hinge, and a second cable management section connected to the load bar via a second hinge. The first and second cable management sections are configured to fold together and partially enclose the cable before the cable manager is inserted into the plug housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Panduit Corp.
    Inventors: Keith S. Maranto, Satish I. Patel, Robert E. Fransen, Michael G. Dragisic, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9960516
    Abstract: A contacting section protrudes from the elastic piece, has a hemispherical shape, and includes a hollow portion and a contact portion. The hollow portion is located at a center of the contacting section, has a recess in a direction away from a connecting part of a counterpart terminal, and has no contact with a surface of the connecting part. The contact portion is located to sandwich the hollow portion in a plan view of the elastic piece and comes in contact with the surface of the connecting part. The hollow portion has a circular shape in the plan view of the elastic piece. The contact portion has an annular shape located on an outer periphery of the hollow portion in the plan view of the elastic piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masanori Onuma
  • Patent number: 9954319
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes: a plug connector including an insulative housing, plural conductive terminals arranged in two rows and affixed to the insulative housing, and a metal shell enclosing the insulative housing, the insulative housing comprising a top wall having plural first grooves, and each conductive terminal comprising a fixed portion affixed to a corresponding first groove and exposed to the metal shell; and a receptacle connector including an insulative body, plural mating terminals affixed to the insulative body, and a shielding shell enclosing the insulative body, the shielding shell having a tuber extending inwardly; wherein the tuber resists against a surface of the metal shell when the plug connector is mated with the receptacle connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventor: Jun Zhao
  • Patent number: 9949386
    Abstract: A case includes a base and a cover and defines an accommodation space therein. The base has a first through hole through which a magnetoelectric conversion element, which is mounted on a circuit board, is opposed to a sensor magnet of a motor. A connector includes a terminal and a housing, which supports the terminal. The connector has a first protrusion projected toward the base for positioning. The first protrusion of the connector has a tip end inserted through a second through hole of the printed circuit board and further inserted in a hole portion of the base. A second protrusion of the base is projected toward the printed circuit board and is inserted in a third through hole of the printed circuit board for positioning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya Matsuyama, Takashi Hoshino, Kazuyuki Watanabe
  • Patent number: 9948015
    Abstract: The card connector includes a card connector base and a limiting structure. The card connector base includes a first area and a second area, the limiting structure includes a first limiting part and a second limiting part; the first limiting part is used to limit a first data card in the first area, and the second limiting part is used to limit a second data card or a third data card in the second area; a first spring plate group is disposed in the first area and is configured to electrically connect to edge connectors of the first data card; a second spring plate group and a third spring plate group are disposed in different positions of the second area; the second spring plate group is configured to electrically connect to edge connectors of the second data card; the third spring plate group is configured to electrically connect to edge connectors of the third data card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Haifeng Zhu, Weibin Lai, Xuelong Liu, Guoqiao Chen
  • Patent number: 9941620
    Abstract: A housing for an electrical connector is disclosed. The housing has a base member and at least one wall element produced from a more wear-resistant material than the base member and including a positive-locking element. The wall element is connected to the base member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Harald Bouda, Hartmut Ripper
  • Patent number: 9941624
    Abstract: A protector for an RF connector includes a first sealing assembly for connection with a cable and a second sealing assembly for connection with a communication equipment. The first sealing assembly includes a sealing ring for matching with a sheath of the cable and a member which has an internal thread or elastic structure for matching with the RF connector. The second sealing assembly is provided with an elastic silicone rubber jacket for connection with the communication equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Yujun Zhang, Jin Liu
  • Patent number: 9941619
    Abstract: A connector includes a housing and a front holder. The front holder includes an arm portion to be exposed at a side surface of the housing. The housing includes a pair of extension walls on the side surface of the housing to cover the arm portion. The pair of extension walls has a first part and a second part. In the first part, a distance between the extension ends of the extension walls is constant. In the second part, the distance increases gradually as they extend away from the first part in the attaching direction. A distal end of the arm portion is in a position corresponding to the second part when the front holder is in a final lock position, and the distal end of the arm portion is in a position corresponding to the first part when the front holder is in a preliminary lock position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshimi Wada, Abhishek Kumar Sinha
  • Patent number: 9929501
    Abstract: A wiring feedthrough assembly is provided that has a set of parallel guide rails with slots with a female electrical connector positioned between the guide rails that join to a feedthrough connector with a male electrical connector. A set of wings on opposite sides of the feedthrough connector are configured to engage and slide in the slots until the female electrical connector engages the male electrical connector. A conduit extending outward from the feedthrough connector contains a set of wires, where the set of wires terminate at the male electrical connector. The wiring feedthrough assembly provides for more reliable connections that are easier to install and remove in applications such as display cases, including refrigeration applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Inventors: Wael M. Hannawa, Ramize Sheena
  • Patent number: 9929491
    Abstract: A live portion protection structure includes a high-voltage electric wire that has a conductor and an insulating cover covering the conductor, a conductive terminal fitting that is connected to the conductor exposed from the high-voltage electric wire, an insulating housing that receives a connection part between the terminal fitting and the conductor, a regulation member that is disposed in a reception path for receiving the connection part into the housing, and an insulating extra-length portion that is provided in the cover. When a part or all of the connection part on a side of the conductor drops out from the housing, the extra-length portion abuts against the regulation member so as to be moved to an outside of the part or all of the connection part to thereby cover the part or all of the connection part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Yamaguchi, Miki Nakamura
  • Patent number: 9917433
    Abstract: An extension and retraction device including a housing and a slip ring mounted within the housing. The slip ring includes a stator and rotor rotatably mounted therein. The rotor includes rotor leads and annular sections defined circumferentially around the rotor. Each rotor lead includes opposite ends with one end electrically connected to one of the annular sections. The stator includes a contact for each annular section in sliding electrical engagement with the annular section. Each contact includes a stator lead having one end electrically connected to the stator and another end extending out of an opening of the housing. A reel is mounted within the housing with the reel and rotor rotatable about a substantially common axis. A cord extending through another opening of the housing is retracted into the housing when the reel rotates in one direction, and the cord is extended from the housing when the cord is pulled and the reel rotates in the opposite direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Panasonic Avionics Corporation
    Inventors: Feng Jiang, Shrenik Shah
  • Patent number: 9917391
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing and two rows of terminals reversely-symmetrically arranged in the insulative housing, each terminal having a contacting portion, a securing portion, and a tail portion, each row of terminals comprising a first and a second grounding terminals and a first and a second power terminals, each row of terminals lacking two terminals to thereby form a first vacant space between the first grounding terminal and the first power terminal and lacking another two terminals to thereby form a second vacant space between the second grounding terminal and the second power terminal. For each row of terminals, the width of the securing portion of each of the first grounding terminal, the second grounding terminal, and the first power terminal is greater than that of each of the remaining terminals. Each row of terminals include a third power terminal disposed in the second vacant space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventor: Yao Zhang
  • Patent number: 9912082
    Abstract: A electric wire connection structure includes a flat cable including a plurality of linear conductors and an insulator covering the linear conductors; a plurality of busbars for electrically connecting electrode terminals provided on two or more of battery cells stretched in a given direction among the plurality of battery cells stacked in the direction and included in a battery module, the electrode terminals being lined up in the direction; and connecting members provided for each combination of the linear conductors and the busbars to include a connecting member main body and a pressure welding blade portion connected to the connecting member main body, a pressure welding groove being formed on the pressure welding blade portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Ichikawa, Hirotaka Mukasa, Hirokuni Koike
  • Patent number: 9905959
    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: October 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: Corning Optical Communication RF LLC
    Inventors: Donald Andrew Burris, William Bernard Lutz
  • Patent number: 9905968
    Abstract: In a coaxial connector with a floating mechanism, a housing of a socket includes a housing base portion and a housing movable portion which can move radially over a plug-side end face of the housing base portion with a socket-side center contact. A top side of a plug-side shell is fitted onto the housing movable portion. A socket-side shell integrally includes shell contact plate portions which are exposed from the plug-side end face of the housing base portion. An end of the plug-side shell is configured to come into contact with the shell contact plate portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: SMK Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoyasu Yanase, Kiyoshi Asai, Fumio Osawa, Manabu Dobashi
  • Patent number: 9897301
    Abstract: Present invention teaches the construction of an E26 lampholder primarily consisting of a housing, a plastic threaded ring, a plastic bracket, two electrode plates where the power lines entering into the internal accommodating space of the housing are connected to the two electrode plates, which provide the electrical connection points, instead of the full internal side walls being the electrical contact and the central point being the electrical contact, making the overall electrical contacts more solid and secure; the separate plastic bracket allows for more versatile options of the present E26 lampholder to be applied in wider possibilities of installation contexts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Rich Brand Industries Ltd.
    Inventor: Te-Shui Peng
  • Patent number: 9876322
    Abstract: The present invention provides a communication jack for connecting to one of a first plug and a second plug. The jack includes a housing, plug interface contacts, and coupling circuitry. The plug interface contacts are at least partially within said housing and include a plurality of contact pairs having at least a first contact pair and a second contact pair. The coupling circuitry is configured for engaging said first contact pair and said second contact pair when said first plug is inserted into said housing. The coupling circuitry is configured for disengaging from said first contact pair and said second contact pair when said second plug is inserted into said housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: Panduit Corp.
    Inventors: Masud Bolouri-Saransar, Surendra Chitti Babu, Paul W. Wachtel, Ronald A. Nordin
  • Patent number: 9875432
    Abstract: A card holding member is able to be inserted into a card connector via a sealing portion of an outer member and able to hold a card. The holding member includes a card holding frame portion, a connecting base portion, and a movable connecting portion. The frame portion opposing side surfaces of the card. The base portion integrally connects to the frame portion. The movable portion mounts on the base portion in the insertion/ejection direction of the holding member. The base portion includes a first sealed portion which engages a first sealing portion of the sealing portion and formed on the outer peripheral surface of the base portion. The movable portion includes a pressure receiving portion which engages a pressure imparting portion of the sealing portion. The movable portion is biased towards the insertion direction and positioned relative to the outer member when the receiving portion engages the imparting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Nobumasa Motohashi, Akihiro Shimotsu