Patents Examined by Justin M Kratt
  • Patent number: 11018443
    Abstract: A coupler (100; 100?) between a first coaxial connector and a coaxial cable (10) has a first coaxial connector with an inner conductor (2), at least one hollow cylindrical insulator part (27; 271, 272) and a hollow cylindrical outer conductor (1) and a first spring sleeve (9) for accommodating an outer conductor (11) of the coaxial cable (10), which spring sleeve is connected to the outer conductor (1) of the first coaxial connector. In addition, the coupler (100; 100?) in accordance with the invention has a locking device, which is axially movable relative to a longitudinal axis of the first coaxial connector and is supported on a conically realized outer surface (20) at a distal end of the first spring sleeve (9). The outer conductor (1) of the first coaxial connector is connected to the locking device via a bayonet connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: ROSENBERGER HOCHFREQUENZTECHNIK GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Rong Fang, Josef Peteranderl, Sabine Krautenbacher
  • Patent number: 11018456
    Abstract: A contact module includes a leadframe having signal contacts arranged in pairs. Each signal contact includes a lead having sides extending between inner and outer edges. The contact module includes a dielectric frame supporting the leadframe having a first side and a second side with windows extending through the dielectric frame between the first side and the second side. The windows exposing to air the sides, the inner edges and the outer edges of the corresponding leads along a majority of lengths of the leads. The contact module includes a shield structure having a first ground shield at the first side and a second ground shield at the second side to provide electrical shielding for the signal contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignees: TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION, TYCO ELECTRONICS JAPAN G.K.
    Inventors: David Allison Trout, Douglas Edward Shirk, Justin Dennis Pickel, Timothy Robert Minnick, Margaret Mahoney Fernandes, Tetsuya Katano, Masayuki Aizawa
  • Patent number: 10992094
    Abstract: A universal DC power adaptor for a PRC-148 radio, a PRC-152 radio, a Handheld ISR Transceiver, and similar devices and a method of using the same, is disclosed. The universal DC power adaptor includes mounting and locking features that are common to both the PRC-148 radio and the PRC-152 radio. The universal DC power adaptor further includes certain mounting and locking features that are unique to the PRC-148 radio and other mounting and locking features that are unique to the PRC-152 radio. The universal DC power adaptor also provides an output voltage suitable for both the PRC-148 and PRC-152 radios. Such features also are compatible with the Handheld ISR Transceiver, making the universal DC power adaptor compatible with the ISR Transceiver as well. Additionally, the universal DC power adaptor includes programmable control electronics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: LAT Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Laura Thiel, Giancarlo Urzi, Carlos Cid
  • Patent number: 10992083
    Abstract: A communication harness is used for mutual data transmission by differential transmission between at least two electronic devices. The communication harness includes a cable, a first signal line, a second signal line, and a first ground line. The first signal line is surrounded by the cable and transmits a first signal for differential transmission. The second signal line is surrounded by the cable and transmits a second signal for differential transmission. The first ground line is surrounded by the cable. A supply voltage is superposed on the first signal line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Atsushi Takahata
  • Patent number: 10985483
    Abstract: A connector includes: a first connector including a fitting portion and a first terminal provided in the fitting portion; and a second connector including a fitted portion configured to be fitted into the fitting portion of the first connector and a second terminal that is provided on the fitted portion, extends along a fitting direction, and comes into electrical contact with the first terminal in a case where the fitted portion is fitted into the fitting portion of the first connector, in which in the second terminal, a wide-width portion is formed in the second terminal, and the first terminal comes into contact with the wide-width portion of the second terminal from a state in which the fitted portion of the second connector is started to be fitted into the fitting portion of the first connector to a state in which the fitted portion cannot be fitted any further.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: IRISO ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideki Shioda, Yoshihito Ohkuma
  • Patent number: 10985506
    Abstract: An interface arrangement (1) includes a plug connector (4) arranged on an interface board (3). Furthermore, the interface arrangement (1) includes an electrically conductive cover (10) at least partially surrounding the plug connector (4). The electrically conductive cover (10) is adapted to seal an interface opening of the housing, in which opening the plug connector (4) can be arranged, against electromagnetic radiation. The electrically conductive cover (10) includes at least one tab (19) with a latching device. The interface board (3) includes at least one receiving device, which is adapted to receive the at least one tab (19) and to latch with the latching device. A computer system with such an interface arrangement (1), and a method for assembling such an interface arrangement (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Fujitsu Client Computing Limited
    Inventors: Waldemar Felde, Bernhard Kannler, Werner Sausenthaler
  • Patent number: 10973124
    Abstract: An adapter for mating with a receptacle comprises a cylindrical outer conductor, a columnar center conductor disposed in the outer conductor, and an insulator disposed between the outer conductor and the center conductor. The outer conductor has a recess in an inner wall at a first end of the outer conductor. The insulator electrically isolates the outer conductor from the center conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhigang Song, Lin Ni, Jlahui Chen, Yunhe Wang, Songhua Liu
  • Patent number: 10971837
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a substrate and multiple terminals. The substrate is provided with multiple accommodating holes running through the substrate vertically. A shielding member is provided on a lower surface of the substrate. The terminals are correspondingly accommodated in the accommodating holes respectively. The terminals include multiple signal terminals and at least one ground terminal. An interval exists between the ground terminal and the shielding member. The ground terminal has a conducting portion extending downward out of a corresponding accommodating hole. The conducting portion is soldered to a main circuit board through a solder, and the solder is in contact with the conducting portion and the shielding member. According to the present invention, the conducting portion of the ground terminal is connected with the shielding member through the solder, thereby reducing a spurious charge, reducing the capacitance, and improving a high frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: LOTES CO., LTD
    Inventor: Zuo Feng Jin
  • Patent number: 10971865
    Abstract: A cable with terminals in the present disclosure includes a shielded cable (80) and an outer conductor (40). The shielded cable (80) includes wires (81) and a shield. The outer conductor (40) includes a tube. The tube collectively covers the outer peripheries of the wires (81) exposed from the shield, and includes a first cover and a second cover. The first cover covers the wires from a first side, and the second cover covers the wires from a second side opposite to the first side with clearances (S) defined between the first and second covers. At least one of the first and second covers includes leakage suppressing portions (58). The leakage suppressing portions (58) extend toward a wire arrangement area (48) where the wires (81) are arranged in the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Inventor: Yusuke Kojima
  • Patent number: 10958027
    Abstract: Provided is an electrical connection box according to which it is possible to suppress the occurrence of mistakes in a manufacturing process, and it is possible to reliably prevent the occurrence of faulty products. The electrical connection box to be used in a vehicle includes a terminal having an inner-fitting plate portion that is fit into and held in a slit of a holding member; and multiple substrate connection portions that protrude along a surface of the inner-fitting plate portion from one side edge of the inner-fitting plate portion. The terminal has a shape that is asymmetrical in a direction in which the multiple substrate connection portions are arranged side by side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryoma Hamada, Akihiro Oda, Masakazu Okumura, Tatsuya Daidoji, Noriko Okamoto
  • Patent number: 10958010
    Abstract: Disclosed is a holding frame for accommodating a circuit board, wherein the holding frame has a substantially rectangular basic shape and has two holding arms sticking out perpendicularly from the frame plane, each holding arm having a groove in which the circuit board can be held. A circuit board can thus be integrated in a heavy-duty plug connector in a mechanically stable yet low-wear manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Inventors: Marc Lindkamp, Gert Havermann
  • Patent number: 10950991
    Abstract: A multiple unit charge cord assembly includes a housing coupled to a back side of an electronic device. A button movably coupled to the housing is urgeable into a releasing position. A first spool rotatably positioned within the housing is biased to rotate when the button is urged into the releasing position and the first spool is rotatable in a second direction. A second spool rotatably positioned within the housing is biased to rotate when the button is urged into the releasing position and the second spool is rotatable in a secondary direction. A first cord is wrapped around the first spool. The first cord is urgeable to rotate the first spool. A first plug is electrically coupled to the first cord. A second cord is wrapped around the second spool and is urgeable to rotate the second spool. A second plug is electrically coupled to the second cord.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Inventor: Pasquale Di Palma
  • Patent number: 10950968
    Abstract: A receptacle and/or a plug of an electrical connector includes a proximal body portion defining transverse alignment slots extending through a side of the proximal body portion for contacts. A plug of an electrical connector includes a safety disk. The safety disk includes a hollow stem having at least one prong slidably inserted through a groove and captured within a central axial passage of a housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
    Inventors: James Douglas Fair, Eric Cheney, Vinod Manohar Shet
  • Patent number: 10950976
    Abstract: Disclosed is a connector assembly having a first connector part and a second connector part. The first connector part includes a lever mounted on a base body of the first connector part for pivotable movement about a pivot axis (C) between first and second positions relative to the base body. The connector assembly can be brought from a ready-to-mate state into a mated state by relative movement of the first and second connector parts towards each other along a connection axis and vice versa. At least one engaging portion of the lever interacts with at least one counter-engaging portion of the second connector part in such a way, that the connector assembly is forcibly brought from the mated to the ready-to-mate state by pivoting the lever from the first position into the second position when the connector assembly is in the mated state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Inventors: Chuansheng Ding, Alexander Schönfeld, Sebastian Griepenstroh, Dieter Riepe, Heiko Meier, Florian Hackemeier
  • Patent number: 10950962
    Abstract: An electrical connector for electrically connecting at least two electrical conductors featuring first and second electrical cables. The connector features at least one first conductor plate allocated to the first cable and at least one second conductor plate allocated to the second cable. Each conductor plate features in total a number of conducting structures with first contact sections which corresponds to at least the number of the conductors for electrical contacting of the allocated conductors and also second contact sections. Furthermore, the connector features a number of coupling elements corresponding to the number of conductors which are designed for electrically contacting the second contact sections of the respective conductor plate allocated to the respective conductor by bridging of a spatial gap between the first and second conductor plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: LISA DRAEXLMAIER GMBH
    Inventors: Fabian Schmidbauer, Daniel Wiesmayer, Florian Komar
  • Patent number: 10944222
    Abstract: In a connector, a spacer includes lock parts and regulation parts. Each of the lock parts locks a first terminal in a first terminal receiving slot after the first terminal is inserted into a proper position in the first terminal receiving slot. Each of the regulation parts regulates deformation of a second lance toward a release position when the second lance is located in a lock position in which the second lance locks a second terminal in a second terminal receiving slot after the second terminal is inserted into a proper position in the second terminal receiving slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tooru Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10944223
    Abstract: A connector (1) is provided with a plurality of connector terminals (2), a connector housing (3) and a flange plate (4). The flange plate (4) includes plate attaching portions (41) to be attached into an attachment recess (311) in the outer periphery of a connector body (31) of the connector housing (3) and a plate mounting portion (42) connected to the plate attaching portions (41) and projecting from the outer periphery of the connector body (31). The plate mounting portion (42) is formed with an insertion hole (421) through which a bolt (6) is inserted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Inventor: Michiyo Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 10938162
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes: an insulating body, having a mounting surface and a plurality of terminal slots concavely provided on the mounting surface; a grounding sheet, having a connecting arm and a plurality of abutting portions abutting the mounting surface; and at least one terminal, mounted to the insulating body along a backward-from-front direction. Each of the abutting portions is located at one side of a corresponding one of the terminal slots. An elastic sheet is located at an opening of one of the terminal slots, and is provided at one side of a corresponding abutting portion. The terminal abuts the elastic sheet. The terminal has a contact portion entering a corresponding one of the terminal slots to be electrically connected to a mating device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: LOTES CO., LTD
    Inventor: Chin Chi Lin
  • Patent number: 10931038
    Abstract: Provided is a terminal-attached electric wire including: an electric wire having a conductor made of aluminum or an aluminum alloy whose outer circumference is covered with an insulating layer; and a terminal member made of copper or a copper alloy and attached to a conductor-exposed portion exposed from the insulating layer at an end portion of the electric wire. The terminal member includes a coating layer made of an electrically conductive material and formed at a terminal-exposed portion except for a place of contact with the conductor in a surface of the terminal member, and an oxide film of the electrically conductive material formed in a surface of the coating layer. The electrically conductive material is a metal or an alloy which forms an oxide film having a thickness of more than or equal to 20 nm in a surface thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Hasui, Yoshiaki Yamano, Hiroshi Sudou, Takayasu Sugihara, Misato Ueki
  • Patent number: 10931059
    Abstract: A hermetically-sealed edge-connect header that can withstand high temperatures, high pressures (or high vacuum levels), and high vibration environments, along with two corresponding connectors are disclosed. After brazing the edge-connect header components, the assembly is machined to form a slot with a portion of each of a plurality of electrical conductors removed in the machining process, resulting in a header with a high pin density. During the process of mating the first connector design to the edge-connect header, a plurality of wipers in the connector deflect, thereby causing the wipers to extend from the connector and contact the corresponding electrical conductors in the header. During the process of mating the second connector design to the edge-connect header, each of a plurality of wipers formed of low-mass, compliant metal wool, forms multiple contact points with a corresponding electrical conductor in the header.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC
    Inventors: Rick A. Kellogg, Bradley C. Salzbrenner, Charles A. Walker, Michael E. McReaken, Marshall S. Klee