Patents Examined by Matthew T Dzierzynski
  • Patent number: 11056832
    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: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tetsuya Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11056837
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing, a plurality of contacts assembled in the housing, opposite metal top and bottom shells attached upon opposite top face and bottom face of the housing, and a metallic shielding plate inserted into the housing and between two rows of contacts. The top shell, the bottom shell and the shielding plate have corresponding ears secured together in an intimately sandwiched manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignees: FOXCONN (KUNSHAN) COMPUTER CONNECTOR CO., LTD., FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Xiao-Xiang Wu, Yin-Chao Xu, Jian-Kuang Zhu
  • Patent number: 11043775
    Abstract: An electric cable shield contacting device for an electric plug connector, and to an electric plug connector having such a cable shield contacting device, wherein the plug connector has an at least partly hollow cylindrical housing having a contact carrier accommodated therein, and having an end cap that can be screwed onto the latter. The cable shield contacting device has a clamping sleeve and a clamping basket, which are correspondingly hollow-cylindrical and engage partly over each other in order to clamp the shield braid between themselves, having a circumferential stowage space for projecting shield braid in the overlap area. The inner circumferential surface of the clamping basket has multiple projecting shield braid driving elements arranged in the form of a circular ring, which engage in a circumferential annular groove on the outer circumferential surface of the clamping sleeve and thus latch clamping basket and clamping sleeve rotatably in each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: PHOENIX CONTACT GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Manfred Brode, Michael Delker, Jörg Zenkner, Morten Harren
  • Patent number: 11038296
    Abstract: The electrical connector includes a main body comprising an insertion opening into which a connection target is inserted and an accommodation space to accommodate the connection target inserted into the insertion opening, a conductive contact held in the main body so as to be connected to the connection target in the accommodation space, and a cover member rotatably mounted on the main body to be rotatable around a rotation axis passing through the main body. An insertion opening which extends along the rotation shaft and into which the connection target is inserted is provided in the housing. The cover member includes a release operation portion configured to receive an external force to rotate the cover member around the rotation axis, and a restricting member to switch, in response to the rotation of the cover member, between a first state in which removal of the connection target from the accommodation space is restricted and a second state in which the connection target is released.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Shimada, Masataka Muro, Hirotake Kaneko
  • Patent number: 11031735
    Abstract: First terminals have a contact arm portion and second terminals have a convex contact point portion that is contactable with the intermediate portion of the contact arm portion of the first terminals in the direction of plugging and unplugging of the two connectors. The section of the contact arm portion of the first terminals that extends from the location of contact with the convex contact point portion of the second terminals to the free end portion of the contact arm portion in the direction of plugging and unplugging forms a stub portion. The sections of the first terminals other than the stub portion and the second terminals constitute a main transmission path. In a predetermined range that includes the location of contact in the main transmission path, the impedance of at least a partial range of said predetermined range is made smaller than the impedance of the stub portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: HIROSE ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Nobuhiro Tamai
  • Patent number: 11031714
    Abstract: An arrangement for a valve, for example a hydraulic valve, has at least one magnet coil and at least one electric contact. The at least one magnet coil is configured to be contacted electrically by way of the at least one electric contact. The at least one electric contact is configured to be contacted by way of a blade receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Claus Schneider, Reiner Vaethjunker
  • Patent number: 11031708
    Abstract: A board edge connector is provided. The board edge connector includes an insulating housing, a plurality of terminals and a metal keycap. The insulating housing includes a board edge slot and at least one key integrally configured in the board edge slot. The key includes a top portion and two surfaces opposite to each other. A plate body receiving portion is provided alongside each of the two surfaces of the key. The plate body receiving portion includes a holding recess. The metal keycap includes plate bodies respectively received in the two-plate body receiving portions and an elastic holding arm positioned on at least one side of the plate body. The elastic holding arm latches to the holding recess of the plate body receiving portion. Therefore, the metal keycap can protect and prevent the key from being damaged or generating debris due to hit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventor: Chien-Ching Teh
  • Patent number: 11018447
    Abstract: According to various embodiments, a cable and termination system includes a cable, a liquidtight conduit at least partially surrounding the cable, and a termination. The cable includes a cable core comprising three insulated phase conductors, three ground conductors, and filler interspersed within the cable core to force the ground connectors into symmetrical, geometric location with a corresponding phase conductor and a second phase conductor, and a cable wrap applied over the cable core. The termination includes a first connector, a second, reverse-threaded connector including an exterior metal body and a male metal body coupled with a collet sleeve. Various embodiments of the first connector are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Service Wire Company
    Inventors: Gary L. Morrison, Lee Allen Perry
  • Patent number: 11011861
    Abstract: A stacked receptacle connector assembly includes a receptacle cage configured to be mounted to a circuit board, a lower communication connector assembly received in the receptacle cage, and an upper communication connector assembly stacked in the receptacle cage above the lower communication connector assembly. The receptacle cage has a divider between an upper and lower module channels receiving upper and lower pluggable modules. The lower communication connector assembly includes a lower communication connector. The upper communication connector assembly includes a paddle card, an upper communication connector mounted to the paddle card, and a cable assembly having cables electrically connected to the paddle card and extending from the paddle card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY SERVICES GmbH
    Inventors: Eric David Briant, Christopher David Ritter, Linda Ellen Shields
  • Patent number: 10998654
    Abstract: A board connector (20) has a connector housing (21) including a terminal holding portion (22) to be fixed to an upper surface (10S) of a circuit board (10) and a receptacle (23) extending forward only from an upper part (22U) and both left and right side parts (22S) of an outer periphery of the terminal holding portion (22). Male terminal fittings (30) are held through the terminal holding portion (22). Each male terminal fitting includes a board connecting portion (33) to be connected to the circuit board (10) behind the terminal holding portion (22) and a tab-like connecting portion (31) accommodated in the receptacle (23). The receptacle (23) does not include a lower wall to be overlapped on the upper surface (10S) of the circuit board (10). Thus, a height of the board connector can be reduced by a thickness of the lower wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Inventors: Tetsuya Miyamura, Yasuo Omori
  • Patent number: 10998666
    Abstract: A movable connector including a stationary housing to be fixed to a substrate, a movable housing configured capable of moving relative to the stationary housing, and a terminal including a stationary-side retained portion retained at the stationary housing, a movable-side retained portion retained at the movable housing, and an elastically deformable movable portion positioned between the stationary-side retained portion and the movable-side retained portion. Retention of the stationary-side retained portion with respect to the stationary housing is achieved by performing insert molding. Retention of the movable-side retained portion with respect to the movable housing is achieved by performing press-fitting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: IRISO ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideki Shioda, Yoshihito Ohkuma
  • Patent number: 10992074
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing, a plurality of passageways, a plurality of blade type contacts retained to the retaining grooves in the corresponding passageways, a spacer located in a rear receiving space of the housing with corresponding slits through which tails of the contacts rearwardly extend, and a plurality of wires having the inner conductors soldered upon the tails of the contacts behind the spacer. A waterproof glue plate fills the receiving space of the housing to enclose the exposed inner conductors and the corresponding tails. A plurality of passages are formed in one side of the peripheral wall, through which the wires extend in a vertical direction perpendicular to the horizontal direction along which the contacts extend. The spacer forms a recess to receive a protrusion of the glue plate, and the protrusion is located adjacent to the passages for assuring sealing around said passages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignees: FOXCONN (KUNSHAN) COMPUTER CONNECTOR CO., LTD., FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Yu-Jia Deng, Bin Peng, Jian-Kuang Zhu, Kuo-Chun Hsu
  • Patent number: 10992078
    Abstract: A connection system includes a first connector and a second connector configured for establishing one or more electrical connections through a drape. The first connector can include an alignment protrusion and a first piercing element having one or more electrical contacts configured to pierce the drape. The second connector can include an alignment notch, a channel, and a first receptacle configured to receive the first piercing element when inserted therein. The alignment notch can be configured to accept the alignment protrusion when the first connector is aligned with the second connector then disposed over the second connector. The channel can be configured to allow the alignment protrusion to slide along a length of the second connector. The first receptacle can have one or more electrical contacts configured to form at least a first electrical connection of the one or more electrical connections with the first connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Bard Access Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Chase Thompson, Jerry Zhao, Bradley W. Zentgraf, Jason R. Stats, Anthony K. Misener
  • Patent number: 10971838
    Abstract: A combination structure of a clamping member and a circuit board for a signal connector is disclosed. The clamping member includes two clamping members fixedly connected to two sides of the circuit board. Each clamping member has a pair of first positioning pins and a pair of second positioning pins. Thereby, the center of the guide pin can be guided and the guide pin won't be loosened, so as to improve the stability of the signal and reduce the loss.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Inventors: Chun-Te Lee, Yi-Ju Lee
  • Patent number: 10971849
    Abstract: A connector (1000) includes a housing (100), a cover (200), and a plurality of contacts (300). The housing (100) includes a housing front portion (10) having a plurality of first groove portions (20) and a housing rear portion (30) having a plurality of second groove portions (40) and a plurality of third groove portions (50) offset from the first groove portions (20). The cover (200) is configured to be combined with the housing front portion (10) and includes a plurality of fourth groove portions (210) including through holes (211).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventor: Toshio Ohta
  • Patent number: 10971874
    Abstract: A lock mechanism includes: a lock portion that protrudes from a ceiling wall (wall portion) of a cover and has a locking claw provided on a tip side; a lock receiving portion provided in a case and formed with a locking hole; and a flexible deformation portion which is a portion of a predetermined range in the vicinity of the lock portion on the ceiling wall (wall portion) of the cover and has flexibility higher than a portion outside the predetermined range, and is bent such that the lock portion is tilted so that the locking claw gets over an edge of the locking hole when the locking claw is locked to the locking hole, and after the locking, biases the lock portion in a pulling direction that pulls the locking claw together with the locking hole by a restoring force of bending.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignees: YAZAKI CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masamichi Doi, Ryosuke Murata, Kouichi Nagamine
  • Patent number: 10958007
    Abstract: A broadside coupled connector assembly has two sets of conductors, each separate planes. By providing the same path lengths, there is no skew between the conductors of the differential pair and the impedance of those conductors is identical. The conductor sets are formed by embedding the first set of conductors in an insulated housing having a top surface with channels. The second set of conductors is placed within the channels so that no air gaps form between the two sets of conductors. A second insulated housing is filled over the second set of conductors and into the channels to form a completed wafer. The ends of the conductors are received in a blade housing. Differential and ground pairs of blades have one end that extends through the bottom of the housing having a small footprint. An opposite end of the pairs of blades diverge to connect with the wafers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Amphenol Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas S. Cohen, Huilin Ren, Marc B. Cartier, Jr., Trent K. Do, Mark W. Gailus
  • Patent number: 10944213
    Abstract: A USB combination lock for an electronic device may include a lock rod, a shell body, a USB connector, a push button, and a lock piece. The USB connector can be directly inserted into the USB port of the electronic the electronic device, and the blocking portion of the USB connector can be engaged with the USB port. When the push button is in a released position, the lock piece will block a bottom portion of the hooking member of the USB connector, and the lock piece will not be pressed inwardly by the blocking portion. Thus, by shifting the numeral wheels, the connecting piece can be turned into the lock position, leading to the combination lock of present invention achieving the burglarproof effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: INGMAR CO. LTD.
    Inventor: Jason Su
  • Patent number: 10938149
    Abstract: A convertible force latching system includes two complementary connector bodies. Each connector body has a first mating face under which two series of magnets oriented alternating directions. A moving portion of the latching system allows the connector bodies and the magnets within to alter their alignment by the interaction of a user along a predetermined motion path. In a first arrangement, the series of magnets are aligned with such that the magnets of one connector body are attracted to the magnets of the other connector body. When the user actuation shifts the moving portion, the second arrangement positions the series of magnets such that they are aligned such that the magnets of one connector body are repelled to the magnets of the other connector body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: IDEAL Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Jia Yong Li, Brian Robert Peterson
  • Patent number: 10938161
    Abstract: A device includes a printed circuit board (PCB) and a shield for the PCB. The shield can reduce high frequency electromagnetic frequency (EMF) noise generated by one or more components of the PCB. The PCB includes pads to interface with a corresponding connector. For example, for a dual inline memory module (DIMM) PCB, the PCB includes pads to insert into a DIMM connector. The shield includes a gap in its perimeter that aligns with clips in the corresponding connector. The gaps will correspond to similar features of the PCB that interface with the corresponding connector to allow the shield to attach to the PCB. The shield includes lock fingers to extend from a connector-facing edge of the shield to interface with the corresponding connector to align the shield with the corresponding connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Jaejin Lee, Jun Liao, Xiang Li, Christopher E. Cox