Patents Examined by Khiem M. Nguyen
  • Patent number: 11824310
    Abstract: An electrical connector 1 contains a plurality of contacts 31, a first ground plate 32L and a second ground plate 32R facing the plurality of contacts 31 and arranged so as to be separated from each other in a ground plane parallel to the at least one plane in which the plurality of contacts 31 are arranged and an insulator 33 for holding the plurality of contacts 31, the first ground plate 32L and the second ground plate 32R in a state that the plurality of contacts 31, the first ground plate 32L and the second ground plate 32R are insulated from each other. Both of the first ground plate 32L and the second ground plate 32R include an extending portion extending from one of the first ground plate 32L and the second ground plate 32R toward the other one of the first ground plate 32L and the second ground plate 32R in the ground plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tetsuya Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11817657
    Abstract: A direct mate orthogonal connector for a high density of high speed signals. The connector may include right angle leadframe assemblies with signal conductive elements and ground shields held by a leadframe housing. High frequency performance may be achieved with members on the leadframe that transfer force between a connector housing, holding the leadframe assemblies, and a portion of the leadframe housing holding the signal conductive elements and the shields near their mounting ends. Core members may be inserted into the housing and mating ends of the conductive elements of ground shields may be adjacent the core members, enabling electrical and mechanical performance of the mating interface to be defined by the core members. The core members may incorporate insulative and lossy features that may be complex to form as part of the connector housing but may be readily formed as part of a separate core member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: FCI USA LLC
    Inventors: Jason John Ellison, Douglas M. Johnescu, Gregory A. Hull, Mark E. Lauermann, Scott Martin, Jan De Geest, Scott Carbaugh, Steven E. Minich, Mark R. Gray, Charles Copper, William Tanis
  • Patent number: 11817653
    Abstract: A contact module includes a frame assembly having a leadframe and a dielectric frame partially encasing the leadframe. The leadframe includes ground conductors each having a transition portion extending between a mating end configured to be mated to a mating connector and a terminating end configured to be terminated to one of a circuit board or a cable conductor. The dielectric frame includes dielectric material encasing at least a portion of each transition portion. Each mating end extends from the dielectric frame for connection with the mating connector. Each terminating end extends from the dielectric frame for connection with the circuit board or the cable conductor. The contact module includes resistive elements within the dielectric frame. Each resistive element is coupled in series with the transition portion of the corresponding ground conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GmbH
    Inventors: Chad William Morgan, Justin Dennis Pickel
  • Patent number: 11817654
    Abstract: A connector unit includes a contact module received within an insulative housing. The contact module includes an upper contact unit and a lower contacts unit stacked with each other. Each of the upper contact unit and the lower contact unit includes a front/outer contact part and a rear/inner contact part each including plural contacts integrally formed with plural insulative transverse bars via insert-molding. The contacts include plural differential pair signal contacts and plural grounding contacts alternately arranged with each other along a transverse direction. Plural grounding bars are attached to corresponding transverse bars, respectively, wherein each grounding bar include plural tabs mechanically and electrically connecting to the corresponding grounding contacts. Each grounding bar is equipped with a plastic attachment tie bar to cooperate with a corresponding transverse bar to sandwich the grounding bar therebetween for securement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignees: FOXCONN (KUNSHAN) COMPUTER CONNECTOR CO., LTD., FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Terrance F. Little, Patrick R. Casher, An-Jen Yang, Chih-Hsien Chou
  • Patent number: 11811177
    Abstract: In various implementations, a raceway may be provided that is capable of providing power and/or data connectivity to items (e.g., devices, articles of furniture, etc.) coupled to the raceway. The raceway may be low profile. The raceway may be disposed on floor and/or under floor. The raceway may include an integrated power housing. The raceway may include segments that are selected, as desired for an application configuration, and that are coupleable to each other or other components of the raceway (e.g., nodes, joints, etc.). The housing of component(s) of the raceway may include a base and wall(s) with at least curved section and at least one straight section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Strong Products Group, Ltd.
    Inventor: Clinton Strong
  • Patent number: 11811163
    Abstract: A floating quad connector assembly is designed to hold two pairs of simplex connecters in a quad formation and to permit the two pairs of connectors to float within the assembly, thereby rendering the quad connector assembly compatible with different quad adapters having different spacings between the two middle simplex ports. Also, a segmental switch module is configured to aggregate multiple category-rated connectors in an array formation while permitting the spacings between the connectors to float, thereby rendering the switch module compatible with port arrays of different port-to-port spacings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Dean Lipke, Daniel Underbrink, Hua Wang
  • Patent number: 11804666
    Abstract: An electrical connector mountable to a substrate (e.g. a Printed Circuit Board, PCB) can include a terminal housing having a front wall and an opposing back wall. An opening is provided in the front wall for receiving a plug inside the terminal housing, opposing side walls, and a top wall and an opposing bottom wall. The bottom wall has an inner surface facing the inside of the terminal housing and an outer surface facing away from the inside of the terminal housing. The outer surface (can have at least two retention pins projecting from the outer surface for being inserted into corresponding holes in the PCB. A first retention pin can be positioned on the outer surface so as to be arranged asymmetrically with respect to a second retention pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Unify Patente GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Marcelo Samsoniuk, Osvaldo Sato, Diogo Granado
  • Patent number: 11799246
    Abstract: Electrical connectors for very high speed signals, including signals at or above 112 Gbps. Effectiveness of shielding along the signal paths through the mating electrical connectors may be enhanced through the use of one or more techniques, including enabling two-sided shielding, connections between shield members and between shield members and grounded structures of printed circuit boards to which the connectors are mounted, and selective positioning of lossy material. Such techniques may be simply and reliably implemented in high density connector using one or more techniques. An electrical connector may include core members held by a housing together with leadframe assemblies attached to the core members. The core members may include features that would be difficult to mold in a housing and may include both shields and lossy materials in locations that would be difficult to incorporate in a leadframe assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: FCI USA LLC
    Inventors: Douglas M. Johnescu, Gregory A. Hull, Mark E. Lauermann, Scott Martin, Jason John Ellison, Jan De Geest, Charles Copper, Mark R. Gray, William Tanis, Steven E. Minich
  • Patent number: 11799245
    Abstract: A terminal module includes a number of conductive terminals and an insulating frame. The conductive terminal includes a contact portion, a connection portion and a transition portion connected to the contact portion. The conductive terminals include differential signal terminals, a first ground terminal and a second ground terminal. The contact portions of the differential signal terminals and the connection portions of the differential signal terminals are provided separately. As a result, the structure of the contact portions and the connection portions are simplified for easy manufacturing. The disclosure also discloses a backplane connector having the terminal module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: DONGGUAN LUXSHARE TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD
    Inventors: Xiaogang Liu, Rongzhe Guo, Kun Liu, Chuanqi Gong, Tao Song
  • Patent number: 11791585
    Abstract: Electrical connectors for very high speed signals, including signals at frequencies at or above 112 GHz, with high density. Such connectors may be formed with fine features molded into portions of the connector housing to support closely spaced signal conductors. The signal conducts may nonetheless be accurately positioned, which leads to uniform impedance and other electrical characteristics that enable high frequency operation through the use of skeletal members that restrain bowing and twisting of housing components that position, directly or indirectly, the signal conductors. The skeletal members may be simply incorporated into the housing components by stamping a metal skeleton from a metal sheet in conjunction with one or more carrier strips. The housing component may be overmolded around the skeleton and then severed from the carrier strips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: FCI USA LLC
    Inventors: James J. Muha, Scott Martin, Douglas M. Johnescu, Gregory A. Hull, Mark E. Lauermann, Jason John Ellison, Jan De Geest, Charles Copper, Mark R. Gray, William Tanis, Steven E. Minich
  • Patent number: 11791592
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electrical connector comprising a connector body, a plurality of signal terminals, and a cover. The connector body comprises a plugging slot, a cover accommodating notch, and a plurality of signal terminal slots. The plurality of the signal terminal slots is disposed between the plugging slot and the cover accommodating notch. The cover accommodating notch communicates with the plugging slot through the plurality of signal terminal slots. The cover accommodating notch comprises two opposite sidewalls. An abutting member is disposed on one side of the sidewall. A limiting block is disposed at one end of each of the sidewalls away from an end surface of the cover accommodating notch. The plurality of signal terminals are respectively disposed in the corresponding signal terminal slots. The cover is disposed in the cover accommodating notch and covers the plurality of the signal terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: DONGGUAN LUXSHARE TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD
    Inventor: Yung-Chih Hung
  • Patent number: 11784438
    Abstract: A connector attached multi-conductor cable includes a multi-conductor cable and a connector that includes a circuit board including first to third surfaces. The circuit board includes first pads provided on the first surface and connected to central conductors of wires; second pads provided on the first surface, arranged in a first direction parallel to the third surface, and connected to the first pads; a first ground layer provided between the first and second surfaces, and extending in a second direction parallel to the first surface and perpendicular to the first direction; and a conductive member provided apart from the first pads in the second direction with respect to the second pads, and connected to the first ground layer. The conductive member is positioned on the first surface side with respect to the first ground layer in a third direction perpendicular to the first surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Naoshige Yokota, Masaki Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11784435
    Abstract: A module element is provided for accommodating pluggable contact means and/or functional elements to provide an assembled plug connector module. The module element has a retaining contour arranged and designed in such a way that a first module element can be joined with a second module element in a transverse direction, and/or the module element has a fastening contour and at least one fastening element, which are arranged and designed correspondingly in such a way that a first module element can be joined with a second module element in the transverse direction to form the plug connector module. A plug connector module composed of at least two of the module elements described above is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: HARTING Electric GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Wilhelm Kliever, Irina Lötkemann, Heiko Meier, Bernard Schlegel
  • Patent number: 11769961
    Abstract: The present disclosure provide an electrical connector module and a heat dissipation housing. The electrical connector module comprises a heat dissipation housing and a plurality of electrical connectors. The heat dissipation housing comprises a metal housing, a positioning component, a plurality of heat dissipating members, and a plurality of buckling members. The metal housing comprises a housing body, which comprises a disposing surface, an accommodating space, and a plurality of first openings. The plurality of first openings is disposed on the disposing surface and is in communicating with the accommodating space. The positioning component comprises a component body and a plurality of positioning members. The component body is disposed on the disposing surface and comprises a plurality of second openings corresponding to the plurality of first openings respectively. Two opposite side edges of each of the second openings are respectively connected with at least one of the positioning members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Dongguan Luxshare Technologies Co., Ltd
    Inventors: XiaoKai Wang, TieSheng Li, XiaoPing Wu, BaiYu Duan
  • Patent number: 11769968
    Abstract: A backplane connector includes a housing, a number of terminal modules assembled to the housing, and a mounting block. The housing includes a base, a first side wall and a second side wall. Each terminal module includes a first signal terminal and a second signal terminal. The first signal terminal has a first mounting foot, and the second signal terminal has a second mounting foot. The housing includes a receiving groove at a bottom end of the base. The mounting block is received in the receiving groove. The mounting block is made of electroplated plastic. The mounting block has an opening for the first mounting foot and the second mounting foot to extend through. As a result, the backplane connector has a better shielding effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: DONGGUAN LUXSHARE TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD
    Inventors: Xiaogang Liu, Kun Liu, Rongzhe Guo, Chuanqi Gong, Tao Song
  • Patent number: 11769976
    Abstract: Systems and methods involve implementations such as a container assembly including an interior area, a first side interior bounding the first border of the interior area, a second side interior bounding the second border of the interior area, a third side interior bounding the first portion of the third border of the interior area, a fourth side interior bounding the first portion of the fourth border of the interior area, wherein the second portion of the third border of the interior area is unbonded by any side, and wherein the second portion of the third border of the interior area is unbonded by any side. In addition, other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Pioneer Square Brands, Inc.
    Inventors: Nemanja Lakic, Vrushank Deepak Balutkar
  • Patent number: 11764513
    Abstract: An electrical connector and a transmission wafer thereof are provided. The transmission wafer includes an insulating frame, a plurality of signal terminals and ground terminals fixed on the insulating frame, and a shielding sheet that is assembled to the insulating frame. Each of the signal terminals includes a signal contacting segment protruding from the insulating frame. Each of the ground terminals includes a ground contacting segment having a ground contact and protruding from the insulating frame. The shielding sheet includes a sheet body and a plurality of outer fixing arms extending from the sheet body. Each of the outer fixing arms corresponds in position to one of the ground contacting segments along a first direction. A free end portion of each of the outer fixing arms protrudes from the ground contact of the corresponding ground contacting segment along an insertion direction that is perpendicular to the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: STARCONN ELECTRONIC (Su Zhou) Co., LTD
    Inventors: San-Yo Lin, Fu Su, Mao-Shan Chen
  • Patent number: 11757235
    Abstract: An electrical connector, comprising an insulating housing, a housing electromagnetic shielding member, and a plurality of terminal modules. The insulating housing comprises a first surface, a second surface, a plurality of terminal plugging hole groups, and a plurality of shield accommodating grooves. The first surface is opposite to the second surface. The plurality of terminal plugging hole groups are arranged at intervals. Each of the terminal plugging hole groups comprises a plurality of ground terminal plugging holes and a plurality of signal terminal plugging holes penetrating the first surface and the second surface. Each of the shield accommodating grooves is formed on the second surface and is disposed on one side of the corresponding terminal plugging hole group. The housing electromagnetic shielding member is embedded on the second surface and comprises a plurality of connecting bumps. Each of the terminal modules comprises a terminal electromagnetic shielding member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: DONGGUAN LUXSHARE TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD
    Inventors: XiaoGang Liu, ChenHui Zeng, RongZhe Guo, Ming Li
  • Patent number: 11749935
    Abstract: An electrical connector, comprising a connector main body, a cable, a connecting housing, a limiting member, and a housing. The connector main body comprises a plugging side and a connecting side. One end of the cable is electrically connected with the connector main body, while the other end protrudes from the connecting side of the connector main body. The connecting housing is disposed at one side of the connector main body. The cable protrudes from one side of the connecting housing close to the connecting side. The limiting member is disposed at one side of the connecting housing close to the plugging side. The housing is disposed at one side of the connecting housing close to the plugging side. The plugging side of the connector main body is disposed in the housing. The connecting housing is assembled to the housing through the cooperation of the limiting member and the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: LUXSHARE TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Bin Huang, RongZhe Guo, TieSheng Li, HongJi Chen
  • Patent number: 11749952
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a housing and a number of mating modules assembled to the housing. The mating module includes conductive terminals, metal shield surrounding members and cables. The conductive terminal includes a tail portion and a mating portion. The conductive terminal extends along a mating direction. The metal shield surrounding member includes a sleeve portion surrounding a periphery of the mating portion. The cable includes a core electrically connected to the tail portion. Compared with the prior art, the electrical connector disclosed in the present disclosure is a cable electrical connector. Besides, the conductive terminal extends along the mating direction, thereby simplifying the structural design of the conductive terminal. The present disclosure also discloses an electrical connector assembly having the electrical connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: DONGGUAN LUXSHARE TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD
    Inventors: Tao Song, Kun Liu, Kaide Wang, Jinchuang Lan