Patents Examined by Jean F. Duverne
  • Patent number: 12046842
    Abstract: A battery clamp system for a battery includes a terminal receiving portion configured to be coupled to a terminal of the battery. The battery clamp system includes an anti-rotation projection coupled to the terminal receiving portion. The anti-rotation projection is configured to be coupled to the battery. The anti-rotation projection extends along an axis that is parallel to a longitudinal axis of the battery clamp system. The battery clamp system includes a first flange coupled to the terminal receiving portion that extends along a first flange axis substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. The battery clamp system includes a second flange coupled to the terminal receiving portion so as to be spaced apart from the first flange. The first flange is configured to cooperate with the second flange to couple the terminal receiving portion to the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Hemphill, Mahantesh S. Parashetti, Lyall Kenneth Winger
  • Patent number: 12040644
    Abstract: A charger assembly is configured to charge the electronic vaping device. The charger assembly includes a base including a housing defining a port. The port is configured to receive a tip end of an electronic vaping device. The port includes a magnetic electrical contact centrally positioned at a bottom of the port and a first pin positioned at the bottom of the port. The charger assembly also includes a microprocessor electrically connected to the magnetic electrical contact and the first pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLC
    Inventors: Geoffrey Brandon Jordan, Barry S. Smith, Douglas A. Burton, Eric Hawes, Sean Sundberg, Berina Yerkic-Husejnovic
  • Patent number: 12035754
    Abstract: An aerosol generating device includes a heater for heating an aerosol generating material, a battery for supplying power to the heater, and a controller, and reduces unnecessary power consumption by detecting the moment of actual use of the aerosol generating device and resetting or updating the baseline of a puff sensor only for such actual use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jae Min Lee, Jong Sub Lee, Dong Bum Kwon, Jin Soo Seong
  • Patent number: 12029248
    Abstract: One aspect is a heating element for a system for providing an inhalable aerosol, including a base body with an electrically insulating material, a heating structure arranged on the base body, and a cover layer adapted to fix the heating structure on the base body. One aspect further relates to a method for producing a heating element for a system for providing an inhalable aerosol, to a system for providing an inhalable aerosol, and to a vaporizer unit for such a system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Heraeus Nexensos GmbH
    Inventors: Tim Asmus, Stefan Dietmann, Matthias Muziol, Karlheinz Wienand
  • Patent number: 12029255
    Abstract: An electronic cigarette control method, an electronic cigarette control device and an electronic cigarette using the control method and the control device are provided. The control method includes: determining the suction force indication information according to the information detected by a detecting assembly, wherein the detecting assembly includes a first air pressure detecting member arranged in an air passage in communication with a mouthpiece; determining the target value of a working parameter of an atomizer according to the suction force indication information, wherein the working parameter includes at least one of the output power, the temperature in an atomizing chamber, the working voltage of the atomizer, and the temperature of a heating member; and controlling the atomizer to work according to the target value of the working parameter. The control method can adjust the output power, so that the user can obtain different smoking tastes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: CHANGZHOU PATENT ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Weihua Qiu, Yong Xiong, Guangxian Huang
  • Patent number: 12034326
    Abstract: A power supply unit for an aerosol inhaler includes: a power supply able to discharge power to a load for generating an aerosol from an aerosol source; a connector able to be electrically connected to an external power supply; and a control device. The power supply unit further includes: a conductor which electrically connects the connector and the control device; a capacitor provided between the connector and the control device so as to be connected in parallel with the control device; a first circuit board on which the connector is provided; a second circuit board which is apart from the first circuit board and on which the capacitor and the control device are provided; and a conductive member which electrically connects the first circuit board and the second circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: JAPAN TOBACCO INC.
    Inventor: Takeshi Akao
  • Patent number: 12027500
    Abstract: A circuit structure includes a plurality of semiconductor elements arranged side by side, and each semiconductor element includes source terminals and at least one gate terminal arranged side by side with the source terminals. The circuit structure includes: a first bus bar connected to the source terminals of the semiconductor elements; connection portions that connect the source terminals and the first bus bar and are arranged side by side along the arrangement direction of the semiconductor elements and whose one ends are connected to the source terminals of the respective semiconductor elements; an insulating portion provided so as to be present between each adjacent pairs of the connection portions; and conductive portions provided in the insulating portion and connected to the gate terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Akira Haraguchi
  • Patent number: 12021339
    Abstract: A spring terminal, in particular a direct plug-in terminal, for connecting a conductor such as a flexible stranded conductor includes a housing with a chamber and an insertion channel for inserting the conductor into the chamber. A busbar and/or a clamping cage are arranged in the housing and a clamping spring is arranged in the chamber and acts as a pressure spring. The clamping spring includes a clamping limb, said clamping limb releasable out of a latching state by a pusher having a latching edge on which the pusher can be latched in the interior of the housing on a latching hook of the busbar or another element arranged in the housing in a latching state. The pusher holds the clamping spring in a latched manner in the open position, wherein the latching edge of the pusher can be released from the latching state by an opposite movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Stephan Fehling, Karlo Stjepanovic, Walter Hanning, Heike Schmidtpott
  • Patent number: 12004570
    Abstract: An aerosol-generating system (50) has an optical sensor (23) disposed on a portion of an exterior surface of the aerosol-generating system. The optical sensor is configured to output sensor data. A controller (29) is operably coupled to the optical sensor. The controller is configured to manipulate one or more operating parameters of an aerosolizer element of the aerosol-generating system based on the optical sensor data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: Philip Morris Products, S.A.
    Inventors: Rui Nuno Batista, Ricardo Cali, Nikita Karelin
  • Patent number: 11998062
    Abstract: A connectivity dongle for providing connectivity between an aerosol delivery device and a management service. The connectivity dongle comprises a wireless connectivity interface configured to establish a wireless data connection to an aerosol delivery device to receive data from the aerosol delivery device; and a data connectivity interface configured to establish a network connection to the management service and to pass data received from a connected aerosol delivery device to the management service via the network connection. In some embodiments, each aerosol delivery device may comprise an electronic nicotine delivery “END” device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED
    Inventors: Robert Kersey, Darryl Baker, Patrick Moloney
  • Patent number: 12003064
    Abstract: A fuse-integrated electronic component connected to a power supply part includes an outer housing fixed by a first coupling member in a state in which housings are engaged with each other to define an accommodation space and in which an extension part is disposed at one side thereof, an inner body installed in the accommodation space by a second coupling member to define a mounting space, a connector electrically connected to the outer housing so that the extension part is accommodated therein, and a fuse installed in the mounting space to cut off a high voltage output to the connector. The first coupling member is coupled and released between the outer housing and the power supply part so that the first coupling member is released in a state of being separated from the power supply part, to doubly cut off the power when the fuse is replaced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: YURA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Myoung Kun Roh, Il Kwon Park
  • Patent number: 12003048
    Abstract: A plug connector for flexible conductor films having film-insulated conductors, having a plug connector housing, in which at least one plug contact element is arranged, and having a coupling region, in which blades electrically conductively connected to the at least one plug contact element penetrate and fix at least one film-insulating conductor by producing an electrical contact, wherein the plug connector housing comprises two housing parts that can be fitted together, whose first housing part supports the blades and the at least one plug contact element electrically conductively connected to them, and whose second housing part receives and supports the flexible conductor film and has the at least one blade receiver adjusted to the blades, whose boundary surfaces are formed in such a way that at least one part of the blades is bent when fitting the two housing parts together in the direction of the film-insulated conductor, wherein at least one part of the blades is formed flexibly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: ERNI Production GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Roland Mödinger, Fabian Kristmann
  • Patent number: 12003063
    Abstract: An electrical connector including a housing and electrical conductor plating. The housing includes a first member and a second member. The first member is made of plastic and forms at least one first contact receiving channel therein. The second member is attached around the first member, and the first and second members form at least one second contact receiving channel therebetween. The electrical conductor plating is on the first member. The electrical conductor plating includes at least one first section along the at least one first contact receiving channel and at least one second section along an exterior side of the first member at the at least one second contact receiving channel. The first and second sections of the electrical conductor plating are electrically separate from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: FCI USA LLC
    Inventor: Charles Copper
  • Patent number: 11996640
    Abstract: A battery terminal connector includes a body portion with a first yoke and a second yoke extending forwardly of the body portion to form a terminal receiver hole. A power fastener extends from a rearward end of the body portion to receive one or more of an adapter, a primary cable adapter, and/or an auxiliary cable adapter. Each of the adapter, the primary cable adapter, and/or the auxiliary cable adapter extends rearwardly of the body portion. The adapter has at least a first aperture configured to be coupled to the power fastener and a second aperture configured to be coupled to the auxiliary cable adapter. The auxiliary cable adapter may be coupled to the second aperture with an auxiliary fastener. A cover is coupled over the battery terminal connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Custom Battery Cables, LLC
    Inventor: Vincent William Eminowicz
  • Patent number: 11992064
    Abstract: Provided is an aerosol generating apparatus including: a heater generating an aerosol by heating an aerosol generating substrate; and a controller monitoring and controlling power supplied to the heater, wherein, upon receiving an input of reheating the heater within a preset time, after the heater reaches the first target temperature and generates an aerosol, the controller controls the heater to generate an aerosol according to a second target temperature lower than the first target temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jae Min Lee
  • Patent number: 11992823
    Abstract: An electronic vaping device includes a housing extending in a longitudinal direction, a reservoir in the housing, the reservoir configured to store a pre-vapor formulation, a heater in the housing, the heater configured to heat the pre-vapor formulation, at least one portion formed of a material including at least one polymer and at least one oxygen sequestering agent, and a power supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLC
    Inventors: Jason Andrew Macko, Georgios Karles
  • Patent number: 11996665
    Abstract: A wedge assembly may include a recess, a first tab, a second tab, and/or a retainer. The recess may be configured to receive a main conductor or a tap conductor when the wedge assembly is installed in an electrical connector. The first tab may be configured to be received by a cavity defined in a bottom portion of a body member of the electrical connector. The first tab and the second tab may define respective apertures therethrough that are configured to receive a bolt of the electrical connector. The bolt may be configured to drive the wedge assembly into the electrical connector such that the main conductor and the tap conductor are electrically connected. The retainer may be configured to releasably secure the bolt within the wedge assembly. The retainer may be configured to be removed to enable removal of the bolt from the wedge assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Burndy, LLC
    Inventor: Nicholas Polidori
  • Patent number: 11996642
    Abstract: An electrical connector including a substrate, a pitch transformation routing assembly formed on the substrate and including pitch transformation routing members, a first set of contact members where each contact member extends away from a first end of a corresponding pitch transformation routing member, and a second set of contact members where each contact member extends away from a second end of a corresponding pitch transformation routing member. Each pitch transformation routing member includes multiple routing sections, where each routing section extends in the first direction or the second direction. In a first subset of the pitch transformation routing members, the pitch transformation routing members have routing sections with different dimensions in the first direction and the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: GITECH INC.
    Inventor: John Williams
  • Patent number: 11984678
    Abstract: An I/O connector assembly configured for making a cabled connection to an interior portion of a printed circuit board for signals passing through the connector. The assembly may include a receptacle connector, a cage and cables, terminated to conductive elements of the terminal subassemblies, extending through the cage to the midboard. The terminal subassemblies may have first type conductive elements configured for mounting to the printed circuit board and second type conductive elements configured for terminating cables. Features may be included for precise positioning of the receptacle connector formed with the terminal subassemblies relative to the cage such that connector to connector variation in the positioning of the contact portions of the conductive elements in the terminal subassembly is provided. A mating plug may be designed with low wipe, which improves high frequency performance of the mated connector system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: FCI USA LLC
    Inventors: Arkady Y. Zerebilov, R. Brad Brubaker
  • Patent number: 11978989
    Abstract: A card connector, a card holder, and a terminal device, where the card connector includes a plurality of first terminals and one or more second terminals. The first terminals are arranged to form a first card access area that installs a first card, and the first terminals are configured to be electrically coupled to the first card. The one or more second terminals are distributed on a periphery of the first card access area, the first terminals and the one or more second terminals form a second card access area that installs a second card, and the first terminals and the one or more second terminals are configured to be electrically coupled to the second card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shihao Zhang, Gaobing Lei, Tien Chieh Su