Patents Examined by Khiem M. Nguyen
  • Patent number: 11735868
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly can include a plug connector mountable to a planar substrate and a receptacle connector configured to receive a plurality of cables and that can mate with the plug connector. The plug connector may include a first inline terminal row and a second inline terminal row exposed on a mounting face to conductively contact the planar substrate. The receptacle connector can include a plurality of terminals having termination ends aligned in common wafer plane that can be conductively terminated with the plurality of cables. The plug connector and the electrical connector are configured to establish electrical channels from the termination ends coplanar with the common wafer plan to the first and second inline terminal rows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: John C. Laurx, Yueh-Ting Chiang
  • Patent number: 11728590
    Abstract: An optical transceiver, attachable and detachable along a first direction with respect to an apparatus, includes an optical module having a first surface intersecting the first direction and first and second sleeves extending from the first surface in a direction of the optical transceiver, a housing extending along the first direction and accommodating the optical module, and first and second receptacles connected to the first and second sleeves and aligned according to deviations of the first and second sleeves on the first surface from first and second reference positions, respectively. An accommodating part on one end of the housing along the first direction accommodates the first and second receptacles which are fixed to the housing via a conductive resin filled between the housing and the first and second receptacles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Yasutaka Mizuno
  • Patent number: 11721922
    Abstract: When a multipole connector set is viewed from a height direction and when a first ground terminal assembly, a first signal terminal assembly, and a second ground terminal assembly are arranged in a length direction as follows: A connection portion at the outermost side in a width direction of the first ground terminal assembly is a first connection portion, a connection portion at the outermost side in the width direction of the second ground terminal assembly is a second connection portion, a connection portion arranged at the innermost side in the width direction of the first ground terminal assembly is a third connection portion, and a connection portion at the innermost side in the width direction of the second ground terminal assembly is a fourth connection portion. All connection portions of the first signal terminal assemblies are inside a quadrangle connecting the first, second, third and fourth connection portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Minoru Mamuro, Daisuke Okubo
  • Patent number: 11721940
    Abstract: A coaxial connector device includes a first signal contact member joined to a central conductor of a first coaxial cable, a second signal contact member joined to a central conductor of a second coaxial cable, a ground contact member has an annular fitting portion arranged around the first and second signal contact members and is joined to the outer conductors of the respective first and second coaxial cables, and a flat partition provided with a ground potential and located between the first signal contact member and the second signal contact member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Inventor: Yuta Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 11715912
    Abstract: A separable and reconnectable connector for semiconductor devices is provided that is scalable for devices having very small contact pitch. Connectors of the present disclosure include signal pins shielded by pins electrically-coupled to ground. Embodiments provide one or more signal pins in a contact array electrically-shielded by at least one ground pin coupled to a ground plane. Embodiments thereby provide signal pins, either single-ended or a differential pair, usable to transmit signals with reduced noise or cross-talk and thus improved signal integrity. Embodiments further provide inner ground planes coupled to connector ground pins to shield pairs of differential signal pins without increasing the size of the connector. Inner grounding layers can be formed within isolation substrates incorporated into connector embodiments between adjacent pairs of signal pins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: GITech, Inc.
    Inventor: John Williams
  • Patent number: 11710929
    Abstract: A terminal module includes a number of conductive terminals. The conductive terminals include a first signal terminal and a second signal terminal. A contact portion of the first signal terminal includes a first contact arm, a second contact arm and a first clamping space. The first contact arm includes a first contact end portion and a first contact arm body portion connected with the first contact end portion. The first contact arm body portion includes a first end connected to the first contact end portion and a second end opposite to the first end. From the first end to the second end, a width of the first contact arm body portion gradually increases. As a result, it is beneficial to improve the contact impedance when it is mated with a mating backplane connector. The present disclosure also discloses a backplane connector having the terminal module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: DONGGUAN LUXSHARE TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD
    Inventors: Xiaogang Liu, Rongzhe Guo, Kun Liu, Chuanqi Gong, Tao Song
  • Patent number: 11705670
    Abstract: A backplane connector includes a housing, a number of terminal modules, a metal shielding surrounding portion and a mounting block. The housing includes a base, a receiving groove and a number of insulating protrusions integrally extending from the base. The terminal module includes a first signal terminal and a second signal terminal. The first signal terminal has a first mounting foot. The second signal terminal has a second mounting foot. The metal shield surrounding member includes a first tail portion, a second tail portion and a hollow portion sleeved on the insulating protrusion. The mounting block is received in the receiving groove. As a result, the shielding effect of the backplane connector is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: DONGGUAN LUXSHARE TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD
    Inventors: Xiaogang Liu, Kun Liu, Rongzhe Guo, Chuanqi Gong, Tao Song
  • Patent number: 11705661
    Abstract: A modular combined socket, which comprises a circuit module, a connection module and at least two socket modules. The circuit module includes a connection module interface and a socket interface with at least four conductive paths connected to each other. The connection module includes a power supply interface and a circuit module interface with at least four conductive paths that are connected to each other and can be connected to the connection module interface of the circuit module through the circuit module interface, and the socket module includes two or three interconnected socket modules. The output socket and line interface of the conductive path, each of the socket modules can be connected to different conductive paths of the socket interface through the line interface. It has the advantages of flexible combination, large load bearing and strong anti-interference. The present invention also provides a modular power supply assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: OmniMax USA, LLC
    Inventor: Dabing Zhang
  • Patent number: 11705671
    Abstract: A backplane connector assembly includes a first backplane connector and a second backplane connector. The first backplane connector includes a number of first conductive terminals, a first insulating bracket, a first metal shield, a second metal shield and a shielding space. The second backplane connector includes a second terminal module. Each second terminal module includes mating terminals mated with the first conductive terminals and a shielding shell surrounding a periphery of the mating terminals. The shielding shell is received in the shielding space. As a result, the backplane connector assembly of the present disclosure reduces crosstalk and improves the quality of signal transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: DONGGUAN LUXSHARE TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD
    Inventors: Xiaogang Liu, Kun Liu, Rongzhe Guo, Chuanqi Gong, Tao Song
  • Patent number: 11699880
    Abstract: A backplane connector includes a number of wafers and a spacer for assembling the number of wafers together. Each wafer includes an insulating frame. The insulating frame includes a first protrusion. The spacer includes a body portion. The body portion has a number of slots for holding the first protrusions of the wafers. A periphery of each slot is surrounded by the body portion. Compared with the prior art, the spacer of the present disclosure is provided with a number of slots for holding the first protrusions of the wafers. As a result, the wafers can be easily assembled and fixed as a whole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: DONGGUAN LUXSHARE TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD
    Inventors: Tao Song, Kun Liu, Rongzhe Guo, Chuanqi Gong, Xiaogang Liu, Ming Li
  • Patent number: 11692882
    Abstract: An electrical component including a polymeric body which (i) defines at least one electrical connection; or (ii) is configured for attachment to an electrical cable or wire; or (iii) is configured for attachment to an electrical apparatus, wherein the polymeric body or a portion thereof includes a thermochromic composition which has a first colour condition below a first threshold temperature and a second colour condition if the composition is heated above the first threshold temperature, and wherein the thermochromic composition maintains the second colour condition until it is cooled below a second threshold temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: IRISS HOLDINGS LLC
    Inventor: Gary Hudson
  • Patent number: 11695239
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes multiple electrical modules sequentially stacked along a vertical direction. Each electrical module includes an insulating block being arc-shaped, a row of conductors fixed to the insulating block, and a first shielding member. The row of conductors includes multiple first grounding conductors and multiple pairs of first signal conductors arranged on the insulating block along a left-right direction. The two first signal conductors in a same pair of first signal conductors have a same length. The first shielding member has a first main body portion overlapping with a projection of one pair of first signal conductors in the vertical direction. The first shielding member and each conductor bend and extend downward from a top thereof and backward from a front thereof to be arc-shaped. The first contact portions of the row of conductors located on the same electrical module are located on a same horizontal plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: LOTES CO., LTD
    Inventors: Song Liang Zhu, Lun Cai
  • Patent number: 11682865
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a number of mating modules. The mating module includes a number of conductive terminals, a first metal shield, a second metal shield and cables. The conductive terminals extend along a mating direction. The conductive terminal includes a tail portion and a mating portion. The cable includes a core electrically connected to the tail portion. The conductive terminals include differential signal terminals, a first ground terminal and a second ground terminal. Compared with the prior art, the electrical connector of 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 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: DONGGUAN LUXSHARE TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD
    Inventors: Tao Song, Kun Liu, Kaide Wang, Jinchuang Lan
  • Patent number: 11682852
    Abstract: A plug connector adapted for connecting corresponding wires includes an insulative body integrally formed with two rows of plug contacts in a lateral direction and a transverse bar. The plug contacts are categorized with differential-pair contacts and grounding contacts alternately arranged with each other in a longitudinal direction. The transverse bar extends along the longitudinal direction perpendicular to the lateral direction and is unitarily linked to rear ends of all the grounding contacts of each row of plug contacts while being isolated from the differential-pair contacts. All the contacts and the transverse bar are stamped from a same sheet metal initially, and the differential-pair contacts are successively disconnected from the transverse bar after the plug contacts are integrally formed with the insulative body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignees: FOXCONN (KUNSHAN) COMPUTER CONNECTOR CO., LTD., FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventor: Terrance F. Little
  • Patent number: 11652325
    Abstract: A cable connector includes a cable including a center conductor and a housing supporting a portion of the center conductor. An imaginary line divides a cross-section of the center conductor into two semicircles, and when the cable connector is mated with a mating connector, only one of the two semicircles is directly connected with a corresponding contact of the mating connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: SAMTEC, INC.
    Inventors: John A. Mongold, Jonathan E. Buck, Jignesh H. Shah, Chadrick P. Faith, Randall E. Musser, Jean Karlo Williams Barnet, Norman S. McMorrow
  • Patent number: 11652309
    Abstract: Provided is a board coupling structure in which a power supply circuit board is formed as a separate board, more specifically, to a board coupling structure in which a signal processing circuit board for processing signals such as image signals, voice signals, and the like and a power supply circuit board are formed as different types of boards and the different types of boards are laterally coupled to each other. The board coupling structure includes a first circuit board, a second circuit board formed of a smaller number of layers than the number of layers of the first circuit board, and a fastening unit configured to laterally fasten a contact edge of the first circuit board to a contact edge of the second circuit board which are facing each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: SOLUM CO., LTD
    Inventor: Chang Min Seo
  • Patent number: 11646512
    Abstract: [Object] To provide a contact that can hold down effects caused by solder, even if an elastic contacting portion is extending from a location contacting a first member. [Solving means] The contact includes a base portion, an elastic contacting portion and a gap forming portion. The base portion is configured solderable on a component mounting surface of the first member. The elastic contacting portion is configured elastically deformable and relatively swingable with respect to the base portion, and when contacting a contacted surface of the second member, is configured to elastically deform to be in pressurized contact with the contacted surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: KITAGAWA INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Yada, Tatsuya Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11646534
    Abstract: A cable connector includes a housing, a terminal module and a cable connected to the terminal module. The terminal module includes multiple groups of conductive terminals. At least one group of conductive terminals include two signal terminals, a first ground terminal and a second ground terminal. The at least one group of conductive terminals include a connecting portion connecting the first ground terminal and the second ground terminal. The cable includes signal wires electrically connected to the signal terminals and a ground shielding layer wrapped around a periphery of the signal wires. The connecting portion is at least partially wrapped and fixed on the ground shielding layer. With this arrangement, it is easy to connect the ground terminals and the cable ground shielding layer in order to achieve a better shielding effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: DONGGUAN LUXSHARE TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD
    Inventors: Shangfeng Zhu, Rongzhe Guo, Tao Song
  • Patent number: 11646533
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulating body and a first terminal module. The first terminal module includes a first insulating portion and a number of first terminals. The first terminals include a number of pairs of first signal terminals and a number of first ground terminals. The first insulating portion has a first side surface and a second side surface. The electrical connector includes a first metal shield mounted to the second side surface. The first metal shield is located between the second side surface and the insulating body. The first metal shield is in contact with the first ground terminals. The present disclosure increases the shielding area and improves the quality of signal transmission. The present disclosure also relates to an electrical connector assembly and an electrical connector module including the above-mentioned electrical connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: DONGGUAN LUXSHARE TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD
    Inventors: Shengyu Wu, Chuanqi Gong, Hongji Chen
  • Patent number: 11641081
    Abstract: The present disclosure a connector including a housing, a terminal module, a metal plate and a shielding member. The housing is provided with a slot. The terminal module includes a number of signal terminals and an insulating block. Each signal terminal is provided with a contact portion extending into the slot. The metal plate and the at least one terminal module are arranged side by side along a thickness direction of the connector. The shielding member extends along the thickness direction to contact the insulating block and to be electrically connected to the ground plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: DONGGUAN LUXSHARE TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD
    Inventors: Chinyu Chen, Szuhsien Wu