Patents Examined by Jeffrey Mountain
  • Patent number: 12671201
    Abstract: An insulation displacement terminal adapted to connect to a wire includes a first pair of elastic arms and a second pair of elastic arms. The first pair of elastic arms has a first pair of elastic sub arms arranged opposite to each other in a width direction of the terminal. The first pair of sub arms has a first pair of wire contact parts disposed thereon and are adapted to pierce an insulation layer of the wire such that the first pair of wire contact parts electrically connects to the wire. The second pair of elastic arms is arranged directly adjacent to the first pair of elastic arms in a thickness direction of the terminal. The second pair of elastic arms has a second pair of sub arms arranged opposite to each other in the width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2026
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yongjian (Justin) Huang, Tongbao (Tim) Ding
  • Patent number: 12671216
    Abstract: A wall socket, including: a rear housing, having a box body located on the inner side and a positioning flange located on the outer side and integrated with the box body; and a pressing plate, buckled with the positioning flange of the rear housing by means of a plurality of detachable buckles so as to seal a wiring terminal, a zero wire connecting piece, a live wire connecting piece, a zero wire insertion grip, a live wire insertion grip, and a ground wire insertion grip in the box body of the rear housing. The zero wire connecting piece and/or the live wire connecting piece have a heat dissipation plane attached to the inner wall of the box body of the rear housing, and the outer wall of the box body of the rear housing corresponding to the position of the heat dissipation plane is attached to a wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2026
    Assignee: Jiangsu General Protecht Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kunlun Zhu, Huaiyin Song, Hua Yan, Wusheng Chen
  • Patent number: 12671219
    Abstract: A conductive structural body is a conductive structural body that forms a conductive path in an annular gap. The conductive structural body includes a closure member that is annular around an axis line x and closes a gap, and a conductive path member that is annular around the axis line x and forms a conductive path. The conductive path member penetrates the closure member in a radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2025
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2026
    Assignee: NOK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kota Minamide, Toshiki Watanabe, Masatoshi Seki, Shota Ohashi
  • Patent number: 12665333
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electrical outlet having a leakage current limiting function, in which a current leaked from a phase voltage line (R line or T line or S line) terminal of the electrical outlet may be limited by expanding an area of a neutral line (N line) terminal of an electrical outlet into which a plug of an electronic device is inserted and coupled, so that the risk of electric shock to the human body due to a leakage current can be minimized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2026
    Assignee: VISION TECH Corporation
    Inventor: Ho Seok Lee
  • Patent number: 12658637
    Abstract: A connector assembly includes a connector, and a connector position assurance (CPA) device movably arranged with the connector between a first position and a second position. The CPA device assures mating in a mating direction between the connector and a second connector in the second position. The CPA device includes a body and a latching arm extending therefrom in the mating direction. The latching arm defines at least one chamfered surface portion facing at least partially in a force direction perpendicular to the mating direction and abutting against a stopping surface of the connector in the first position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH
    Inventors: Xavier Rouillard, Naoufal Yadine
  • Patent number: 12646866
    Abstract: Electrical wiring devices that incorporate screwless wire terminal connections are described. The electrical wiring devices include for example, single and duplex blade-type electrical receptacles, blade-type locking electrical receptacles, single or multi-pole electrical switches, combination switches and blade-type receptacles, blade-type plugs for electrical cords, blade-type connectors for electrical cords, male and female inlet connectors and pin-in-sleeve connectors. The electrical wiring devices include a plurality of contact assemblies having a horizontally moving or rotating activating member that permits wires to be inserted into or removed from the contact assemblies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2026
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Thomas L. Scanzillo, Denny Lo, Edward Bazayev
  • Patent number: 12646865
    Abstract: An electrical terminal includes a body with a first opening for receiving an electrical conductor and a second opening for coupling the electrical terminal to an electrically conducting member. The second opening has a first open portion with an inner dimension to receive a first fastener and a second open portion with an inner dimension different than the first open portion. The second open portion is configured to receive a second fastener having an outer dimension different than the first fastener. The second open portion can have a substantially circular first and second open portions that overlap along the outer edges. An electrical assembly includes the electrical terminal and an electrically conducting base, and either a first fastener having a first dimension or a second fastener having a second dimension, where the dimension of the fasteners corresponding to dimension of a threaded hole in the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2026
    Assignee: HUBBELL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Craig Lawson, Eric Miller
  • Patent number: 12640503
    Abstract: Grounding clamps described herein provide a direct connection to ground between a power transmission or power distribution line and a nearby grounded L-shaped beam. The complementary L-shaped interfacing surfaces of the clamps described herein permit an operator to ground the clamps to an L-beam with a uniform distribution to the exterior and interior surfaces of the L-beam. The grounding clamps provide a secure and rigid bite into the interior and exterior surfaces of the L-beam, thereby preventing slip or dislodgement of the device when appropriately affixed thereby reducing the risk of electric shock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Inventor: Jill Beene
  • Patent number: 12633711
    Abstract: Provided is a rotatable plug, which includes a plug connection socket, a conductive component, a pin component, an electrical connection component, a compression seat, and a rotation limit structure. The structure of this application is simple. Through a rotation setting between the conductive component and the pin component, as well as the connection and coordination with the electrical connection component, the pin component can rotate 360 degrees according to requirements. It is convenient to use, has a simple structure, stable conductivity, and is not easy to damage a power cord; at the same time, by providing the rotation limit structure, a relative positional relationship between the pin component and the conductive component can be limited after the pin component is selected and adjusted in place, ensuring connection stability and avoiding arbitrary rotation during use, greatly improving the stability of use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2025
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Inventor: Junrong Hu
  • Patent number: 12633683
    Abstract: A grounding connector can include a connector body and a shear bolt. The connector body can have a recess sized to receive one or more conductors and a threaded portion. The shear bolt can be sized to engage the threaded portion of the connector body to secure the one or more conductors within the recess. When the shear bolt is tightened into the threaded portion of the connector body, the shear bolt can retain the one or more conductors within the recess. When the shear bolt is subject to a shear torque, a head of the shear bolt can shear from a body of the shear bolt. The shear torque can correspond to a target compression force applied between the shear bolt and the one or more conductors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: ERICO International Corporation
    Inventors: Dale Boling, Christian Barcey, Thomas Bendlak, Brent Wilmoth, Gregory Dean Holder
  • Patent number: 12633694
    Abstract: A terminal unit is provided with a male terminal and a female terminal. The female terminal includes a first wall portion and a second wall portion. The first wall portion includes a first resilient contact portion and a first contact point portion provided on the first resilient contact portion and to be brought into contact with a surface on one side of the male terminal. The first resilient contact portion biases the male terminal toward the second wall portion. The second wall portion includes a plurality of second resilient contact portions and a plurality of second contact point portions provided on the plurality of second resilient contact portions and to be brought into contact with a surface on the other side of the male terminal. The respective second resilient contact portions bias the male terminal toward the first wall portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke Yamada, Katsuhiko Aizawa
  • Patent number: 12627097
    Abstract: An electrical equipotential connection device having: a connector (1) that includes: a first electrical connector element (2); at least one resilient tab (4); a socket (9) that includes: a contact surface (12); a second electrical connector element (20); at least one housing (14) suitable for cooperating with the at least one resilient tab (4); a disconnection track (17) adjacent to the housing (14) and extending substantially parallel to the insertion direction (21). The connector (1) is rotatable with respect to the base (9), about the insertion direction (21), between: a stable locking position in which the resilient tab (4) is inserted into the housing (14); an unlocking position in which the resilient tab (4) is resiliently deformed and disposed on the disconnection track (17).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2026
    Assignee: LATELEC
    Inventor: Jay Nicholas
  • Patent number: 12620741
    Abstract: Provided is a female terminal. The female terminal includes a spring member and a terminal main body. The spring member is electrically connected to a male terminal to be connected. The terminal main body includes a base portion which has electrical conductivity and is electrically connected to the spring member. The base portion has a pair of side walls spaced apart by an insertion space that is inserted with a part of the male terminal. The spring member is arranged between the pair of side walls in the base portion, and the spring member is fixed to the side wall with a conductive welded portion with which the spring member is conductively welded to the side wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2026
    Assignees: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Tomoaki Tanigawa, Takeshi Watanabe, Yukihiro Kawamura, Junya Takeshita, Takahiro Imamura
  • Patent number: 12614871
    Abstract: A connection cable (1) includes an insulation seat (10), a circuit board (20) and a protection cover (30). The insulation seat (10) includes a main body (11) formed with a slot (110) and a conduction opening (111). The conduction opening (111) is connected to the slot (110) and located on the bottom side of the main body (11). The circuit board (20) includes a substrate (21) and a plurality of conductive portions (22) disposed on the substrate (21). The substrate (21) is inserted in the slot (110). The conductive portions (22) are exposed from the conduction opening (111). The protection cover (30) is combined on the main body (11) to shield the conduction opening (111). The protection cover (30) is pushed by the dock connector (2) to expose the conduction opening (111) and to be separated from the main body (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2026
    Assignees: KUNSHAN AMPHENOL ZHENGRI ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., AMPHENOL LTW TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shang-Yen Huang, Wei-Wen Chan, Yu-Wei Chou
  • Patent number: 12609493
    Abstract: There is provided a connector that is attachable to an end of a cable, the cable including an inner conductor, an insulator covering the inner conductor, and an outer conductor covering the insulator. The connector includes: an inner terminal attachable to the inner conductor; an insulating member that covers the inner terminal; and an outer terminal having an accommodating chamber capable of accommodating the insulating member, the outer terminal being connectable to the outer conductor. The insulating member includes a convex portion that is in contact with an inner wall of the accommodating chamber in a state where the insulating member is accommodated in the accommodating chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2026
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Isao Kameyama, Atsuhito Saito, Takuya Otake
  • Patent number: 12607338
    Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a base with a retractable charging cable, which includes a base housing, a main circuit board, an output data cable and a mounting seat, where the main circuit board is electrically connected to an input power supply, the mounting seat comprises a wire spool, the wire spool rotates circumferentially and is axially and fixedly provided inside the base housing, an elastic reset structure is provided between the wire spool and the output data cable, the base housing is provided with an output hole, the output data cable has one end electrically connected to the main circuit board and the other end extending out of the output hole. The present application can charge an external intelligent terminal without using an external plug, and can preserve the cleanness of a cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2025
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2026
    Inventor: Xia Liu
  • Patent number: 12597738
    Abstract: A radio frequency (RF) cluster port having a port body including a number of apertures, each configured to hold a corresponding one of a number of RF ports, each RF port having an RF port conductor combination. The port body may include a number of dual-hook structures, each dual hook structure having a upper first hook and a lower second hook, wherein the upper first hook is configured to have a first pressure applied to it by a bearing pin of a cluster connector when the cluster connector engages the number of RF port conductor combinations to a corresponding number of RF connector conductor combinations, and wherein the lower second hook is configured to have a second pressure applied to it by the bearing pin of the cluster connector when the cluster connector disengages the number of RF port conductor combinations from the corresponding number of RF connector conductor combinations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2025
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2026
    Assignee: John Mezzalingua Associates, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Urtz, Jeremy Benn, Christopher Natoli
  • Patent number: 12597717
    Abstract: A housing assembly for a plier-operated insulation-displacement connector includes a first housing section and a second housing section. The first housing section and the second housing section are movable with respect to one another. Each of the first housing section and the second housing section has a top surface grippable by a jaw of a plier. The top surface of the first housing section has a concave area in a first direction. The top surface of the second housing section at least one of: has a concave area in the first direction, and is slidably arranged along the first direction with respect to the top surface of the first housing section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2026
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Nederland BV
    Inventors: Peter Dirk Jaeger, Peter Poorter, Kartik Thakur
  • Patent number: 12592514
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a connector housing and a U-shaped lever, comprising a crossbar and two sidebars extending from the ends of the crossbar. A pair of first gear wheel elements. Each one of the first gear wheel elements is integrally formed at respective ends of the sidebars and are rotatable around a pair of first rotation pins extends to the outside from opposing outer side walls of the connector housing. The first gear wheel elements each comprise a first set of gear teeth for meshing with a teethed rack of a counter electrical connector. The first gear wheel elements each comprise a second set of gear teeth for meshing with second gear wheel elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2026
    Assignee: Aptiv Technologies AG
    Inventors: Andreas Urbaniak, Uvaraj Ganesan, Rainer Schmidt, Kavinraj Vadivel
  • Patent number: 12580335
    Abstract: A receptacle includes: a first-direction opening configured to be inserted and pulled out by a male terminal of a plug along a first direction; a second-direction opening configured to be inserted and pulled out by the male terminal along a second direction; and a female terminal configured to come into contact with the male terminal. The female terminal includes a plurality of arm portion pairs, each of which has arm portions extending the first direction and arranged to face each other, arranged in the second direction. Each of the arm portion pairs has contact positions at which each of the arm portion pairs is configured to come into contact with the male terminal inserted from the second-direction opening. The contact positions of one of the arm portion pairs are different from the contact positions of the other arm portion pairs in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2026
    Assignee: YOKOWO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Tajima