Patents Examined by Khiem M. Nguyen
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Patent number: 11637404Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 11, 2019Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: 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
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Patent number: 11637403Abstract: An electrical interconnect for passing high speed signals through an electronic system with a high density of signals and high signal integrity. The interconnect includes an electrical connector and a transition portion of a printed circuit board to which the connector is mounted. Signal conductors are connected to pads on the surface of the PCB using edge-to-pad mounting. The pads align with intermediate portions of the signal conductors such that transitions within the connector that could degrade signal integrity are avoided. The signal conductors may be positioned as individually shielded broadside coupled pairs extending in rows within the connector. Surface traces on the PCB connect the pads to signal vias aligned for vertical routing out of the connector footprint. Ground planes underlying the surface traces facilitate a transition from the signal paths in the connector to those in the PCB with low mode conversion avoiding resonances in the connector shields.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2021Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: Amphenol CorporationInventors: Marc B. Cartier, Jr., John Robert Dunham, Mark W. Gailus, David Levine, Allan Astbury, Vysakh Sivarajan, Daniel B. Provencher, Eric Leo
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Patent number: 11631945Abstract: A connector assembly includes a wire end connector for electrically connecting to a board end connector. The wire end connector includes a main body portion and an insertion portion. The insertion portion is connected to the main body portion, and the insertion portion is configured to couple to the board end connector. The main body portion is provided with a plurality of elastic claws extending outward from the main body portion to press on the board end connector when the insertion portion is coupled to the board end connector so as to stably connect the wire end connector to the board end connector.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2021Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: BIZLINK INTERNATIONAL CORP.Inventors: Hsin-Tuan Hsiao, Jui-Hung Chien
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Patent number: 11631954Abstract: A coaxial connector device includes an insulating body disposed on a circuit board, first and second signal contact members and, a ground contact member, and a conductive partition member. Each of the first and second signal contact members is assembled to the insulating body and has a contact portion protruding from the insulating body and a signal joint portion configured to be joined to a signal terminal portion disposed on the circuit board. The ground contact member is assembled to the insulating body and has a surrounding contact portion surrounding the contact portion and a ground joint portion configured to be joined to a ground terminal disposed on the circuit board. The conductive partition member is disposed between the contact portions and is configured to be provided with a ground potential.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2021Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Inventor: Yuta Nakagawa
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Patent number: 11626678Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a connector for high-speed transmission to be fitted with an external counterpart connector includes a housing and a plurality of terminals. The housing has at least one or more slots. The plurality of terminals includes ground terminals and signal terminals are arranged in the slot along a first direction orthogonal to a fitting direction of the connector. Partition walls are provided between adjacent terminals in the slot, and a height of the partition walls between the ground terminals and the signal terminals in the fitting direction is lower than a height of other partition walls in the fitting direction.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2020Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: YAMAICHI ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Toshiyasu Ito, Yosuke Takai, Taichi Enjoji
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Patent number: 11621509Abstract: An electrical connector module includes an insulating body, a number of conductive terminals and a retaining piece. The insulating body includes an end wall. The end wall has an end surface and a protrusion. The retaining piece includes a main body and a mounting portion for being mounted to a circuit board. The main body includes a frame portion. The frame portion includes a mounting opening and a barb protruding into the mounting opening. The mounting opening is sleeved on the protrusion. The barb at least partially pierces into the protrusion for fixation. The present disclosure also discloses an electrical connector formed by combining a number of electrical connector modules.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2021Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: DONGGUAN LUXSHARE TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTDInventors: Xuehai Shen, Rongzhe Guo, Shengyu Wu
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Patent number: 11616328Abstract: A mating module includes a conductive terminal, a cable, a first metal shield member and a second metal shield member. The cable includes a core electrically connected to the conductive terminal, an insulating layer wrapped on the core, and a shielding layer wrapped on the insulating layer. The first metal shield member includes a first mounting piece. The second metal shield member includes a second mounting piece. The cable further includes a protruding piece connected to the shielding layer. The protruding piece is directly or indirectly clamped by the first mounting piece and the second mounting piece. As a result, the shielding effect of the mating module is improved. The present disclosure also relates to a cable connector having the mating module.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2021Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: DONGGUAN LUXSHARE TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTDInventors: Tao Song, Jinchuang Lan, Kaide Wang, Xuehui Lu
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Patent number: 11616313Abstract: A compute system is provided that includes cables that are terminated to a grid array connector that is mounted on a substrate that has an integrated circuit packaged mounted thereon. The cables include conductors that are electrically connected to the integrated circuit via terminals supposed by the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2021Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: Molex, LLCInventors: Brian Keith Lloyd, Gregory Walz, Colby Waggener, Karen Hille, Bruce Reed, Sagar Dalvi, Chitaou Tsai
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Patent number: 11607510Abstract: The present invention an electronic inhaler for the delivery of pharmaceuticals through vaporization.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2021Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITYInventor: Joshua Rabinowitz
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Patent number: 11605917Abstract: Protective cover devices for associated electrical connectors include a one-piece molded polymeric body including at least one of: (i) at least one stud that is closely slidably received into a corresponding socket of the connector; (ii) a skirt that comprises a recess that receives at least part of the electrical connector therein. The protective cover device is adapted to be engaged with the associated electrical connector to inhibit contact between a surrounding corrosive atmosphere and at least one electrical contact of the associated electrical connector.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2020Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Garron Morris, Garrett Wolff, Craig Devroy, James Carter, Christopher Genthe, Nicholas De Leo
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Patent number: 11605920Abstract: A backplane connector includes a housing, a number of terminal modules assembled to the housing, and a metal shield surrounding member. The housing includes a base, a first side wall and a second side wall. The base, the first side wall and the second side wall jointly form a receiving space for at least partially receiving a mating connector. The terminal module includes a first signal terminal, a second signal terminal and an insulating block fixed on the first signal terminal and the second signal terminal. The metal shield surrounding member at least partially surrounds the periphery of the first signal terminal and the second signal terminal. As a result, the shielding effect of the backplane connector is improved.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2021Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: DONGGUAN LUXSHARE TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTDInventors: Xiaogang Liu, Kun Liu, Rongzhe Guo, Chuanqi Gong, Tao Song
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Patent number: 11605919Abstract: A backplane connector includes a number of wafers. Each wafer includes a number of conductive terminals, a first metal shield and a second metal shield. The conductive terminals include differential signal terminals, a first ground terminal and a second ground terminal. Each conductive terminal has a contact portion. The first metal shield and the second metal shield respectively include a first extension portion and a second extension portion. The first extension portion and/or the second extension portion include a limiting structure for limiting the contact portion of the first ground terminal and/or the contact portion of the second ground terminal. Besides, in two adjacent wafers, the first extension portion of one wafer contacts the second extension portion of the other wafer through protruding tabs. As a result, the structural reliability of the backplane connector is improved.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2021Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: DONGGUAN LUXSHARE TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTDInventors: Tao Song, Kun Liu, Rongzhe Guo, Chuanqi Gong, Xiaogang Liu, Ming Li
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Patent number: 11606869Abstract: An engine control system includes an integrated engine control module assembly having an engine control module and an adapter module. The integrated engine control module assembly further includes a first connector, a second connector, and a hermetic enclosure. The first connector includes a connection circuit configured to connect the integrated engine control module assembly to engine hardware. The second connector is configured to connect the adapter module to engine hardware. The hermetic enclosure houses the engine control module and is configured to protect the engine control module from environmental conditions.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2021Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: Cummins Inc.Inventors: Nikhil Pandey, Daniel R. Harshbarger, William D. Meyer, Mark Swain
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Patent number: 11600953Abstract: A backplane connector includes a housing and a number of wafers assembled to the housing. Each wafer includes a number of conductive terminals, an insulating frame and a metal shield. The housing includes an insulating housing and a metal shell fixed to the insulating housing. The insulating housing includes a number of slots for positioning the wafers. The metal shell is provided with a mating surface and a number of terminal receiving grooves. The contact portions of the conductive terminals are exposed in the corresponding terminal receiving grooves. The present disclosure improves the structural strength of the backplane connector and reduces the risk of damage the mating surface due to the push or collision of a mating connector.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2021Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: DONGGUAN LUXSHARE TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTDInventors: Tao Song, Kun Liu, Rongzhe Guo, Chuanqi Gong, Xiaogang Liu, Ming Li
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Patent number: 11600956Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 22, 2022Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: 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
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Patent number: 11596751Abstract: A cartridge for an aerosol provision device includes a chamber for containing a liquid from which a flow of aerosol for inhalation by a user is generated. The cartridge includes a first connector arrangement for releasably connecting the cartridge to a body portion of the device, and a second connector arrangement for releasably connecting to a container for a material. In use, aerosol flows through the material in the container before being inhaled by the user. The first connector arrangement is configurable in a locked configuration and in an un-locked configuration, and the first connector arrangement must be configured in the un-locked configuration for the cartridge to be removeable from the body portion. The first connector arrangement is configurable from the locked configuration to the un-locked configuration while the cartridge remains stationary with respect to the body portion.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2018Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: Nicoventures Trading LimitedInventor: Mark Potter
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Patent number: 11600952Abstract: A backplane connector includes a number of wafers and a spacer for assembling the wafers together. Each wafer includes an insulating frame and a number of conductive terminals fixed to the insulating frame. The insulating bracket includes a first protrusion and a second protrusion. The spacer includes a first body portion and a second body portion. The first body portion includes a first clamping slot for clamping the first protrusion. The second body portion includes a second clamping slot for clamping the second protrusion. The present disclosure increases the ability of the spacer to resist external forces and improves the structural stability of the backplane connector.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2021Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: DONGGUAN LUXSHARE TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTDInventors: Tao Song, Kun Liu, Rongzhe Guo, Chuanqi Gong, Xiaogang Liu, Ming Li
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Patent number: 11588268Abstract: An extendable electrical outlet enclosure with a tubular main body, a bezel, a cap, at least one extension tube, and a back plate. The tubular main body has a first end, a second end, and a wall extending between the first end and second end. The tubular main body also has an electrical device support that extends inward from the wall and defines a separation between an electrical plug section and a wiring section. The bezel surrounds an opening in the main body at the first end and allows the cap to removably mount to the electrical enclosure. The at least one extension tube attaches to the tubular main body at the second end and has a leading end, a trailing end, and an outer wall extending between the leading end and the trailing end. The back plate couples with the at least one extension tube at the trailing end.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2021Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: Titan3 Technology LLCInventors: Jeffrey P. Baldwin, John E. Klein
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Patent number: 11588277Abstract: An electrical connector including a compressible lossy member is provided. The electrical connector comprises an insulative member, a plurality of terminals supported by the insulative member and disposed in a row along a row direction, and a compressible lossy member disposed in a recess of the insulative member. The lossy member includes a body portion elongated in the row direction and a plurality of projections extending from the body portion. The projections of the lossy member project toward and make contact with contact surfaces of first terminals of the plurality of terminals. At least a part of the body portion is compressible and is in a state of compression when the projections are pressed against the first terminals.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2020Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: Amphenol East Asia Ltd.Inventor: Jong-Shiun Jiang
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Patent number: 11571529Abstract: An arrangement for an inhaler comprises at least one electric evaporator for evaporating liquid supplied from the evaporator, and for adding the evaporated liquid to an air flow flowing through the inhaler to form an aerosol, and a flow rate measuring arrangement for measuring the volume and/or mass flow of the air flow flowing through the inhaler. The flow rate measuring arrangement comprises a heating device, a downstream temperature sensor arranged downstream of the heating device for measuring an air outlet temperature and an electronic control device, wherein the electronic control device is adapted to determine the volume and/or mass flow of the air flow flowing through the inhaler on the basis of a temperature difference between the air outlet temperature and an air inlet temperature of the air flow upstream of the heating device.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2019Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: KÖRBER TECHNOLOGIES GMBHInventors: Peter Woias, Frank Goldschmidtboeing, Uwe Pelz, Muhannad Ghanam, Jan Jaklin, Sonali Rath