Patents Examined by Marcus E Harcum
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Patent number: 11545776Abstract: A joint connector includes a cap, a plug received in the cap in a mounting direction, and a clip mounted along the mounting direction to fix the cap and the plug, wherein the plug comprises a flexible locking element configured to simultaneously fix the cap and the clip. The locking element is connected to the plug deformably in a vertical direction with respect to the plug.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2021Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Cheol Hun Lee, Jong Joo Kim, Yo Han Kim, Chan Il Jeon, Kun Teak Lim
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Patent number: 11539152Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulating body, a number of conductive terminals and a connection module. The insulating body includes a mating surface and a slot extending through the mating surface. The slot is adapted to receive at least a part of a mating connector along a mating direction. Each conductive terminal includes a tail portion and a contact portion extending into the slot. The connection module includes a mounting block and a number of connection terminals fixed with the mounting block. The connection terminals and the conductive terminals are disposed separately, thereby improving the anti-interference performance of the electrical connector. Each connection terminal includes an abutting portion to contact the tail portion of the conductive terminal and a mounting foot for being mounted to a circuit board.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2021Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: DONGGUAN LUXSHARE TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTDInventors: Bin Huang, Rongzhe Guo, Hongji Chen, Huanhuan Shen
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Patent number: 11532907Abstract: A connector assembly includes: a housing having a plurality of accommodating grooves into which a plurality of terminals are insertable, respectively, and having an insertion space recessed in a direction intersecting a direction in which the accommodating grooves extend, the plurality of accommodating grooves being formed in one surface of the housing; a terminal position assurance (TPA) mechanism inserted into the insertion space of the housing in the direction intersecting the direction in which the accommodating grooves extend, and preventing the plurality of terminals inserted into the accommodating grooves from being separated; and a connection device fixed to the housing or the TPA mechanism and forming a circuit electrically connected to the plurality of terminals inserted into the accommodating grooves.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2021Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, Kyungshin CorporationInventors: Ji Hyoung Kim, Sang Un Lee, Jae Ho Park
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Patent number: 11527844Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulating body, a first terminal group having a signal terminal pair and a ground terminal arranged on one side of the signal terminal pair, each signal terminal having a tail portion, a contact portion, and a body portion, the body portion having a covering portion and a free portion exposed to air, wherein there is a first center distance between the contact portions of the signal terminal pair, there is a second center distance between the free portions, and there is a third center distance between the covering parts, and a second terminal group forming a first mating port with the first terminal group, wherein the second center distance is smaller than the first center distance, and the third center distance is greater than the second center distance.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2021Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignees: FOXCONN (KUNSHAN) COMPUTER CONNECTOR CO., LTD., FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDInventors: Chih-Ping Chung, Kuei-Chung Tsai, Chun-Hsiung Hsu
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Patent number: 11517688Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a flavor delivery article, a cartridge, and/or an aerosol delivery device that includes such flavor delivery article or a component thereof. The flavor delivery article includes a flavor substrate that can be formed of a porous material optionally having a graded porosity across at least a portion thereof. The flavor substrate further includes a flavor material retained thereby. The flavor substrate may be positioned within an outer shell of the flavor delivery article, and the flavor delivery article may be positioned anywhere within an aerosol delivery device (or a mouthpiece or a cartridge of an aerosol delivery device) wherein the flavor substrate retaining the flavor material may be contacted by a gaseous stream, such as a vapor stream and/or aerosol stream formed in the aerosol delivery device so that the flavor material may become entrained in the vapor stream and/or aerosol stream.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2019Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Vahid Hejazi, Rebecca H. Reynolds
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Patent number: 11519937Abstract: A contact element system has a plurality of pin-type or needle-type and electrically conductive contact elements of equal length, which each have two end regions for electrically contacting contact positions and each have an intermediate region under longitudinal loading, overcoming their bending rigidity, and are designed with lamellar sections in the intermediate region such that they have at least two strips which are substantially parallel to each other and run at a distance from one another. At least two of the contact elements have different cross sectional surfaces and differently formed strips in the intermediate region, wherein the forms of the strips are chosen such that the contact elements have the same or approximately the same bending rigidity.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2018Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: FEINMETALL GMBHInventors: Gunther Böhm, Matthias Schnaithmann, Achim Weiland
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Patent number: 11515672Abstract: An electrical connector is provided. The electrical connector includes a metal plate, a first-row terminal assembly, and a second-row terminal assembly. A hollow area of the metal plate has a first projection area on a projection plane that is parallel to the metal plate, and a contact area of the second power terminal set has a second projection area overlapping the first projection area on the projection plane. The first projection area has a first border line and a second border line. The second projection area has a third border line and a fourth border line. The first border line and the third border line have a first projection distance therebetween. The second border line and the fourth border line have a second projection distance therebetween. The first projection distance and the second projection distance are both 0.2 mm or more.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2021Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: BELLWETHER ELECTRONIC CORP.Inventor: Yen-Jang Liao
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Patent number: 11515660Abstract: A connector assembly includes a connector body defining a plurality of cavities, extending longitudinally through the connector body. The cavities are configured to receive inner terminal housings configured to hold electrical terminals attached to electrical cables disposed within the cavities. The connector assembly further includes a retaining device slidably attached to the connector body and moveable from a pre-staged position to a staged position. The retaining device allows the inner terminal housings to be inserted or removed from the cavities when in the pre-staged position and inhibits the inner terminal housings from being inserted or removed from the cavities when in the staged position.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2020Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: APTIV TECHNOLOGIES LIMITEDInventors: Jose Alberto Davila Aleman, Matthew L. Penn
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Patent number: 11509085Abstract: A connecting socket configured to connect a connector is provided. The connecting socket includes a conductive member, an opening, and an electronic member. The conductive member has a recess. The opening is formed on an end of the connecting socket and communicates with the recess. The electronic member is accommodated in the recess, and has a main body and a plurality of cantilever structures. Each of the cantilever structures includes a fixed end, a free end, a first contact point, and a second contact point. The fixed end is connected to the main body. The free end is disposed between the opening and the fixed end. The first contact point and the second contact point are disposed on opposite surfaces of the cantilever structure. When the connecting socket is connected to the connector, the first and second contact points respectively contact the connector and the conductive member.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2021Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.Inventor: Hung-Sheng Hsieh
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Patent number: 11509095Abstract: A cassette assembly includes a housing for plugs having release latches, the housing including a support surface and first hinge feature. The assembly also includes a compression lever including a post and a second hinge feature configured to cooperate with the first hinge feature to form a hinge. The assembly also includes a latch depressor including first and second ends, the latch depressor having a channel configured to receive the post. In response to a force applied to the compression lever with the first and second hinge features in cooperation, the channel in receipt of the post, and a plug in the housing, the compression lever rotates about the hinge, the post translates the force to the channel, the first end of the latch depressor abuts and pivots at the support surface, and the second end of the latch depressor contacts the release latch of the plug in the housing.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2021Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: Panduit Corp.Inventors: Roman J. Churnovic, Benjamin S. Novak, Adam Sargis
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Patent number: 11503721Abstract: Discussed is a PCB assembly and a manufacturing method of a PCB assembly in which at least two PCBs are electrically connected. The PCB assembly includes a connection metal pin having a body and legs, the body having electric conductivity, and having a pin shape elongated in one direction, a portion of the body being bent according to a predetermined angle of the at least two PCBs arranged in a rotated state, portions of the legs being bent and respectively extended in another direction from opposite ends of the body, the bent and extended portions of the legs being inserted through connection holes respectively formed in the at least two PCBs, and bent and extended terminals of the legs respectively being bent inward to be tightly fixed to lower surfaces of the at least two PCBs.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2019Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.Inventors: Seung-Min Yang, Hak-In Kim
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Patent number: 11503676Abstract: Disclosed is an article for use with an apparatus for heating smokable material to volatilize at least one component of the smokable material. The article includes a carrier having plural thermally-conductive portions, on which are locatable respective discrete quantities of smokable material. Between the portions of the carrier, the carrier is shaped to form a thermal barrier for inhibiting heat conduction from one or more of the portions of the carrier towards another of the portions of the carrier in use.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2018Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: Nicoventures Trading LimitedInventors: Martin Daniel Horrod, Julian Darryn White, Walid Abi Aoun, Patrick Moloney
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Patent number: 11502443Abstract: A terminal holder to be inserted into a connector housing and a connector including the terminal holder is disclosed. The terminal holder can include a pair of locking arms facing each other, a coupling arm connecting one of the ends of the pair of locking arms opposite each other, and a supporting arm connecting inner surfaces of the pair of locking arms facing each other, wherein a locking portion is provided on an outer surface of each of the pair of locking arms opposite to the inner surface. In accordance with an aspect of an embodiment of the terminal holder of present disclosure, the insertion force for inserting the terminal holder can be effectively reduced, the breakage of the terminal holder in the insertion process can be suppressed, and the terminal retention force for holding the terminal and the retaining force between the terminal holder and the connector housing can be improved.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2019Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: YAZAKI (CHINA) INVESTMENT CORPORATIONInventors: Lijuan Fan, Haijun Chen, Xuehua Gu
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Patent number: 11502449Abstract: A pre-wired management fastening device, including a tubular part composed of an integrally formed upper tubular party and a lower tubular part. An included angle is formed between the upper tubular and the lower tubular. Inside the tubular part has a channel. The front end of the tubular part has a cable clamping mechanism. The rear end of the tubular party is locked on the inlet of the electric plug connector or electric plug slot. It is convenient for the construction of on-site personnel, which makes the wiring of the cable more beautiful and reduces the difficulty of construction.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2019Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Inventor: Chuanbao Wang
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Patent number: 11495917Abstract: An electrical connector has a row of signal contacts, and a ground shield disposed inwardly from the signal contacts. Each of the signal and ground contacts has a first segment and a second segment. Each first segment defines a mounting end that can mount to a first electrical component, and each second segment defines a mating end that can mate with a second electrical component. The first and second segments of each signal contact and the ground contact are angularly offset from one another so as to define an angle of between 75 degrees and 105 degrees between the first and second segments. The first and second segments of each signal contact and the ground contact can be coupled to one another to define the angle. Alternatively, the signal and ground contacts can be bent along a common bend line that intersects the signal contacts and the ground contact.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2018Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: SAMTEC, INC.Inventors: Jonathan E. Buck, John Mongold, Madhumitha Rengarajan
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Patent number: 11493073Abstract: A locking mechanism for first and second housing parts of a housing of a plug connector, includes a push button, which extends in the axial longitudinal direction through an opening of the first housing part into the interior of the housing. The push button is movably arranged, relative to the housing, between predetermined first and second axial positions, which correspond with the first and second positions of the housing parts. The push button and an interior locking element are configured such that the push button is in pressure contact to the locking element and interacts with the locking element such that, in the case of movement of the push button from the first to the second positions a radial pressure contact between the two housing parts is provided such that a gap between the first and second housing parts is minimized.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2018Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Inventor: Bernard Schlegel
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Patent number: 11495906Abstract: A connector assembly comprises a connector and a mating connector. The mating connector comprises a mating housing. The mating housing is formed with a release projection. The connector comprises a first housing and a second housing. The first housing is provided with a stopper. The second housing is provided with a stopped portion. One of the first housing and the second housing is provided with a second support portion which supports a supported portion. When the second housing is installed to the first housing, the stopped portion is brought into abutment with the stopper, and a movement of the second housing is regulated by the stopper. When the thus-regulated second housing is received into the mating housing together with the first housing, one of the second support portion and the supported portion is brought into abutment with the release projection so that the regulation of the second housing is released.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2021Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY, LIMITEDInventors: Masao Yamamoto, Michael Zayc, David Schneider, Stuart Kingswell
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Patent number: 11495919Abstract: In a connector assembly in which a connector that includes a first terminal, a second terminal, a ground terminal including a shielding portion (plate portion) positioned between the first terminal and the second terminal, and a shell having conductivity and a frame-like shape and a mating connector that includes a first mating terminal and a second mating terminal that are connected with the first terminal and the second terminal respectively, a mating ground terminal including a mating shielding portion (mating plate portion) positioned between the first mating terminal and the second mating terminal, and a mating shell having conductivity and a frame-like shape are fitted to each other, the ground terminal and the shell are integrally formed through bending processing for metal plate. The ground terminal and the mating ground terminal are connected with each other through elastic contact between the shielding portion and the mating shielding portion.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2021Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY, LIMITEDInventor: Junji Oosaka
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Patent number: 11495928Abstract: A power adapter has a solenoid actuated retaining latch controlled by an electronic circuit that detects the presence or absence of AC mains voltage. When the assembled AC-DC adapter and plug assembly are removed from the wall, the latch detects removal and unlocks the plug assembly for easy removal without undue force required by the user. The circuit is designed for minimal power consumption, and the solenoid only consumes power when it is engaging or disengaging the latch.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2020Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: NVIDIA CorporationInventors: Boris Landwehr, James Lee, Craig Crawford, Andrew Bell, Samuel Duell
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Patent number: 11489289Abstract: An electrical connector includes: a housing; plural terminals held on the housing, the terminals being arranged in the form of terminal pairs for transmitting differential signals; plural first shielding sheets shielding the terminals; and plural second shielding sheets shielding the terminals, the second shielding sheet being arranged to cross the first shielding sheets to form plural shielding cavities separated from each other, the terminal pairs being distributed in corresponding shielding cavities, wherein one first shielding sheet is provided between each terminal pair and an laterally adjacent terminal pair and two second shielding sheets are provided between each terminal pair and a longitudinally adjacent terminal pair.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2020Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignees: FUDING PRECISION INDUSTRY (ZHENGZHOU) CO., LTD., FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDInventors: Meng Liu, Shih-Wei Hsiao, Yu-San Hsiao, Yen-Chih Chang, Jhih-Yao Jiang, Yu-Ke Chen