Patents Examined by Khiem M. Nguyen
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Patent number: 11903426Abstract: The disclosure provides an electronic cigarette controllable by mobile software and a controlling method thereof. The electronic cigarette comprises a vaporizer having a heating resistor for heating and vaporizing electronic cigarette liquid and comprises a battery assembly having a battery and a control circuit board, wherein the control circuit board is arranged with a microcontroller, a Bluetooth data transmission unit and an unlock switch unit, wherein the Bluetooth data transmission unit is configured with a mobile software controlling terminal which is the APP installed on a smart phone, the APP contains encryption information which can be sent through mobile Bluetooth to the Bluetooth data transmission unit and then to the microcontroller, and the unlock switch unit is configured to perform unlock and power on operation when the encryption information is identified by the microcontroller.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2019Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: HUIZHOU HAPPY VAPING TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDInventors: Guangrong Lin, Xianbin Zheng, Xiyong Zhang
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Patent number: 11901688Abstract: An adapter housing is provided for receiving a contact carrier, wherein the adapter housing has on its outer wall two connecting structures or means, molded on opposite one another and complementing one another, for reversibly connecting to an adapter housing of the same type and/or to a top-hat rail fixing element and wherein the adapter housing has on the inserting side at least one locking device or means for reversibly locking the adapter housing to a further adapter housing. A system comprising of a first adapter housing, with a first contact carrier received therein, a second adapter housing, with a second contact carrier received therein, and a top-hat rail is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2019Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: HARTING ELECTRIC GMBH & CO. KGInventor: Peter Giesbrecht
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Patent number: 11901667Abstract: 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: February 13, 2023Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Garron Morris, Garrett Wolff, Craig Devroy, James Carter, Christopher Genthe, Nicholas De Leo
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Patent number: 11894632Abstract: A high-speed connector includes an insulating housing, and a first terminal assembly mounted in the insulating housing. The first terminal assembly includes a plurality of first terminals, a first base body and a first conductive film. The plurality of the first terminals include at least two first grounding terminals and at least two first signal terminals. At least one portion of a bottom of the first base body extends downward to form at least one first protruding portion. The at least two first signal terminals penetrate through the at least one first protruding portion. The first conductive film is covered to the at least one first protruding portion. The first conductive film has a first metal layer. The first metal layer is electrically connected with the at least two first grounding terminals to form a grounding structure.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2022Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: CHENG UEI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: Sheng-Yuan Huang, Chun-Fu Lin, Yun-Chien Lee, Pei-Yi Lin, Yi-Ching Hsu
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Patent number: 11888267Abstract: A cable connector includes a contact module, wires and grounding bars. The contact module includes a pair of subunits commonly sandwiching a metallic shielding plate. Each subunit includes contacts integrally formed within an insulator, the contacts includes a plurality of differential-pair contacts and grounding contacts alternately arranged with each other. Each contact includes a front contacting section and a rear tail section, the tail sections of the grounding contacts being unified with a transverse bar. Each wire has a pair of inner conductors respectively soldered to the tail sections of the corresponding differential-pair contacts, and an outer braiding layer surrounding the pair of inner conductors and mechanically and electrically connected to the transverse bar. Each grounding bar includes a plurality of rear tabs respectively connected to the braiding layers, and a plurality of front tabs respectively connected to the tail sections of the corresponding grounding contacts.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2021Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignees: FOXCONN (KUNSHAN) COMPUTER CONNECTOR CO., LTD., FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDInventors: Terrance F. Little, Neng Xiao, Haozhe Zi
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Patent number: 11888269Abstract: A receptacle connector assembly includes a receptacle cage having cage walls defining first, second, and third module channels in a stacked arrangement. The cage walls include a top wall, a first side wall, a second side wall, a first separator panel, and a second separator panel. The first and second side wall extend along opposite sides of the first, second and third module channels. The first separator panel is located between the first and second module channels. The second separator panel is located between the second and third module channels. The receptacle connector assembly includes a first receptacle module in the first module channel for mating with a first plug module, a second receptacle module in the second module channel for mating with a second plug module, and a third receptacle module in the third module channel for mating with a third plug module.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2021Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GmbHInventor: Alex Michael Sharf
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Patent number: 11870171Abstract: A high density edge connector that provides robust operation and good signal integrity. The connector is configurable to have sections tailored for high speed signals, which may be differential, or low speed signals. The connector may be assembled from signal terminals and ground terminals, either of which may be mounted within an insulative housing of the connector at any location along a row aligned with a slot of a mating interface. Shield members or lossy members may optionally be included for high speed segments, either or both of which may be electrically coupled to the ground terminals. Insertion and retention force may be limited, despite a dense array of contacts pressing on a card inserted into the connector by shaping the portions of the signal or ground contacts that act as beams generating that force. Such force may be limited with twists in the beams and/or splitting the beam portions.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2018Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Amphenol Commercial Products (Chengdu) Co., Ltd.Inventors: Rongzhe Guo, Tao Zeng, Qian Feng
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Patent number: 11864596Abstract: An electrically operated aerosol-generating system is provided, including: a heating element configured to heat an aerosol-forming substrate proximate to the heating element; a power supply; and electric circuitry in communication with the element and the power supply, and configured to regulate the supply of power during a plurality of discrete heating cycles in response to user inputs, determine a maximum electrical resistance of the heating element during each heating cycle, calculate a rolling average value of the resistance for n preceding heating cycles, n being an integer greater than 1, compare the resistance with the calculated value, determine an adverse condition when the resistance is greater than the calculated value by more than a threshold value, the threshold value being stored in the memory, and control the power supplied based on whether there is the adverse condition or to provide an indication based on whether there is the adverse condition.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2019Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.Inventors: Stephane Bilat, Guillaume Colotte, Daryl Ng Wai Leong, Ho Keat Chang
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Patent number: 11864582Abstract: An aerosol-generating article for an aerosol-generating device having a heating element, is provided, the article including: a rod of aerosol-generating substrate; and a heat control component disposed downstream of the rod of aerosol-generating substrate and including a meltable element arranged within the heat control component such that one or more longitudinal airflow channels are provided through the heat control component, and the meltable element is configured to melt when heated above a threshold temperature such that upon melting of the meltable element the one or more longitudinal airflow channels through the heat control component are blocked such that airflow through the aerosol-generating article is substantially prevented. An aerosol-generating system including the aerosol-generating article and an aerosol-generating device is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2019Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.Inventor: Tony Reevell
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Patent number: 11856991Abstract: A reclosable cartridge assembly (10) for use in an aerosol-generating system comprises: a cartridge (12) extending longitudinally between end walls (22, 26); a housing (30, 32) enclosing the cartridge (12) and comprising: an upstream portion with an end wall (22) comprising an opening (42); and a downstream housing portion (32) with an end wall comprising an opening (44). One of the housing portions (30, 32) is rotatably fitted onto the cartridge (12). One of the cartridge end walls (22, 26) comprises a rupturable portion (38, 40) separable from the remainder of the end wall to expose an opening (42, 44) in the end wall. The rotatable housing portion (30, 32) is adapted to engage the rupturable portion (38, 40) such that, upon rotation from a storage position to a dispensing position, the housing portion (30, 32) breaks off the rupturable portion (38, 40) and exposes the opening (42, 44) in the end wall.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2019Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.Inventors: Philipp Bernhard, Antonino Lanci, Hannes Merz, Patrick Charles Silvestrini, Irene Taurino, Ihar Nikolaevich Zinovik
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Patent number: 11862898Abstract: A shielding shell used to at least partially surround signal terminals includes a first side wall, a second side wall and a third side wall. The second side wall connects the first side wall and the third side wall. The first side wall and the third side wall are disposed face to face. An end of at least one of the first side wall, the second side wall and the third side wall includes a deflection portion bent inwardly. The deflection portion is used to guide insertion of the shielding shell into a mating connector. As a result, a better shielding effect on the signal terminals can be provided. Besides, it is easy to guide insertion of the shielding shell into the mating connector.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2021Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: DONGGUAN LUXSHARE TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTDInventors: Tao Song, Kun Liu, Rongzhe Guo, Chuanqi Gong, Xiaogang Liu, Ming Li
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Patent number: 11862893Abstract: 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: January 26, 2023Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Titan3 Technology LLCInventors: Jeffrey P. Baldwin, John E. Klein
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Patent number: 11848509Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulating body having a mating slot and multiple accommodating slots are in communication with the mating slot. Multiple terminals are accommodated in the accommodating slots. The terminals include ground terminals. Each terminal includes a connecting portion, an elastic arm, a tail portion, and an extending portion located between the connecting portion and the tail portion. The extending portion of each terminal extends obliquely downward and backward from the connecting portion. A grounding member is provided on the insulating body. The grounding member has a multiple upper and lower extending arms. A length of each upper extending arm is shorter than a length of each lower extending arm in the front-rear direction. The upper and lower extending arms respectively abut the ground terminals, thus shortening the transmission paths of the terminals. The grounding member and the ground terminals are in stable connection, thus reducing the resonance.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2021Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: LOTES CO., LTDInventors: Wen Chang Chang, Nan Zhou
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Patent number: 11848522Abstract: Input/output (I/O) connectors (1) for conducting data at high data rates, (e.g. 112 gigabits per second or more) are provided with protective shields (4, 5, 6) to provide increased mechanical strength and signal integrity.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2019Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: Molex, LLCInventors: Kirk B. Peloza, Vivek Shah, Andrew Kolak, Dan Wenzel, Matt Cox, Ayman Isaac
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Patent number: 11824310Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 12, 2021Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventor: Tetsuya Tanaka
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Patent number: 11817654Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 7, 2021Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignees: FOXCONN (KUNSHAN) COMPUTER CONNECTOR CO., LTD., FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDInventors: Terrance F. Little, Patrick R. Casher, An-Jen Yang, Chih-Hsien Chou
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Patent number: 11817657Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 24, 2022Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: FCI USA LLCInventors: 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
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Patent number: 11817653Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: May 4, 2021Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GmbHInventors: Chad William Morgan, Justin Dennis Pickel
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Patent number: 11811163Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 26, 2021Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc.Inventors: Dean Lipke, Daniel Underbrink, Hua Wang
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Patent number: 11811177Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 15, 2021Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: Strong Products Group, Ltd.Inventor: Clinton Strong